Definition of Thriftiest

1. Adjective. (superlative of thrifty) ¹

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Definition of Thriftiest

1. thrifty [adj] - See also: thrifty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thriftiest

thrice-monthly
thricecock
thricely
thrid
thridace
thridaces
thridded
thridden
thridding
thrids
thrift
thrift institution
thrift shop
thrift shops
thriftier
thriftiest (current term)
thriftily
thriftiness
thriftinesses
thrifting
thriftless
thriftlessly
thriftlessness
thrifts
thriftshop
thrifty
thriftyness
thrill
thrill-seeker
thrill-seekers

Literary usage of Thriftiest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Eucalyptus by Abbot Kinney (1895)
"... are amongst the thriftiest and handsomest trees there. The bark is mottled white in effect from the small scaling off of the old outer brownish layer. ..."

2. Handbook for Newspaper Workers, Treating Grammar, Punctuation, English by Grant Milnor Hyde (1921)
"Better — Our navy will be stronger than any navy of twice its age. Faulty — France is the thriftiest of all other nations. Better — France is the thriftiest ..."

3. News, Ads, and Sales: The Use of English for Commercial Purposes by John Baker Opdycke (1914)
"(Honolulu Star-Bulletin) Inserted Headline COMPETITION likely to be aroused by the American Society for Thrift, in its effort to find the thriftiest ..."

4. Speeches and Writings of the Honorable Sir Pherozeshah M. Mehta by Pherozeshah Mehta, Dinaha Edulji Wacha (1905)
"If that observation is correct, I submit that the Indian peasant is one of the thriftiest living on the surface of the earth. It was asserted last year in ..."

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