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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thriftily \Thrift"i*ly\ (thr[i^]ft"[i^]*l[y^]), adverb
1. In a thrifty manner.
2. Carefully; properly; becomingly. [Obs.]
A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret [greeted]. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
thriftily
adverb: in a thrifty manner; "a used towel that he had used and had left thriftily on the ledge below the mirror rather than consign to the linen basket"
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