frugally

1. 1.

   in a frugal manner

   “in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop”

Questions about frugally

What does frugally mean?

frugally means "in a frugal manner".

How many syllables are in frugally?

frugally has 3 syllables: fru-gal-ly. The stress falls on "fru". In IPA it is /ˈfɹuɡəli/.

Is frugally a common word?

frugally is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.