economically

«economically» in Mova's school dictionary: about money, trade, jobs and business — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (economically)

meaning for a pupil

1) Economically means in a way that is about money, trade, jobs and business. tree →

2) Economically means without wasting money, time or materials; using little. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and social studies: a country grows economically, an area is economically poor. In everyday life and science: use water economically, cut the paper economically to waste less. Phrases: economically developed, economically important, live economically.

examples

• The town is economically important because of its port. tree →
• We packed the boxes economically so nothing was wasted. tree →
• Try to use the glue economically. tree →
• Some countries are richer economically than others. tree →
• Cycling to school is cheap and economically sensible. tree →
• Mum shops economically by buying in bulk. tree →
• "That depends upon wind and weather," said the elf king; "they travel economically. tree →

note

From economy and economic. Spelling: econom-ic-ally (ends -ically, four syllables after "eco"). "Economic" is about the economy; "economical" means not wasteful; the adverb "economically" covers both. In maths it links to saving money and using the least amount.

In the corpora

• "Economically disadvantaged" (official) means poor.
• "Economically inactive" means not working and not looking for work (UK official language).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «economically» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.