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Definition of Thriftlessly
1. Adverb. In a thriftless manner. "He lives thriftlessly from day to day"
Definition of Thriftlessly
1. Adverb. In a thriftless manner. ¹
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Definition of Thriftlessly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thriftlessly
Literary usage of Thriftlessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1859)
"... that eight millions six hundred and eighty-five thousand three hundred and
seven dollars and forty-four cents have already been thriftlessly expended, ..."
2. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1859)
"... that eight millions six hundred and eighty-five thousand three hundred and
seven dollars aud forty-four cents have already been thriftlessly expended, ..."
3. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1869)
"... picking up a farming job here and there, indisposed to remain long in one
place, working with a will, but thriftlessly spending their ..."
4. The Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and Beginning by Oliphant (Margaret) (1882)
"His money was streaming thriftlessly away, and so were his best years; the
schoolboy pranks of the Nonsense Club, ..."
5. The Works of William H. Seward by William Henry Seward, George E. Baker (1887)
"... or whether they shall be thriftlessly cultivated by inhabitants less engaged
in that pursuit than in seeking means of escape from their ill-chosen homes ..."
6. The Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and Beginning by Oliphant (Margaret) (1889)
"His money was streaming thriftlessly away, and so were his best years ; the
schoolboy pranks of the Nonsense Club, ..."
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