economically

adverb

Definition of economicallynext
as in cheaply

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Recent Examples of economically After all, no company wants to buy the first few that are economically prohibitive, so the Army is jumping in financially and then helping the economies of scale take over. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026 Increasingly, what is economically efficient is no longer politically tenable. — Keyu Jin, Time, 23 Oct. 2026 Olive harvesting is an important time for Palestinians both culturally and economically. — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026 As Musk noted, both of its stages — the Super Heavy booster and Ship spacecraft — are designed to be fully and rapidly reusable, a breakthrough that SpaceX thinks will make Mars settlement and other grand exploration feats economically feasible. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for economically
Recent Examples of Synonyms for economically
  1. cheaply
  2. poorly
  3. inexpensively
  4. frugally
  5. sparingly
  6. meagerly
Adverb
  • The less-than-truckload (LTL) market further tightened in the third quarter, as more carriers with spare terminal capacity picked up freight that truckload carriers can no longer move cheaply or reliably.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Sometimes word clouds are big-budget supergraphics realized by design firms like Pentagram, but often they are produced cheaply and quickly by non-designers, or by anonymous Etsy merchants, or in-house at printing and signage companies.
    — Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of cheaply
Adverb
  • Owens not only lacked an undergraduate degree but did poorly in school, where she was described as a hopeless case.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The researchers are now incorporating F³ into autonomous drones designed to navigate cluttered and poorly lit environments.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of poorly
Adverb
  • If a good could be inexpensively produced elsewhere, everyone benefitted.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • After recently visiting Micron headquarters in Boise, Idaho, Jim was even more convinced that the chipmaker is trading too inexpensively at only six times fiscal 2027 earnings estimates.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of inexpensively
Adverb
  • Maines lived frugally and generously left his estate to charity, funding a scholarship at his alma mater, SUNY at Canton, and supporting local journalism at The Asheville Watchdog.
    — Sally Kestin, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The family lived frugally, Ferguson said, since Good’s partner sold a company and didn’t work as Good attended graduate school online.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
Definition of frugally
Adverb
  • By most estimates, American adults sit for at least eight and often 11 or 12 hours a day, rising and moving around only sparingly.
    — Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Milwaukee has used Uecker’s intellectual property sparingly.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of sparingly
Adverb
  • Limón would like to see the state stop subsidizing corporations who pay so meagerly that their employees qualify for Medi-Cal.
    — Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 1 Sep. 2025
Definition of meagerly

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“Economically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economically. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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