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English Dictionary: economical	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
economical adj using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time" Synonym(s): economic, economical of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life" Synonym(s): economic, economical avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally" Synonym(s): economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Economic \E`conom"ic\ (?; 277), Economical* \E`conom"ical\, a. [F. [82]conomique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. [?] economical. See {Economy}.] 1. Pertaining to the household; domestic. [bd]In this economical misfortune [of ill-assorted matrimony.][b8] --Milton. 2. Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs. And doth employ her economic art And busy care, her household to preserve. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits. Just rich enough, with economic care, To save a pittance. --Harte. 4. Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time. 5. Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths. These matters economical and political. --J. C. Shairp. There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization. --Palfrey. Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people. --H. C. Baird. 6. Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. --Grew. Note: Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs.