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Economical vs Husbandly - What's the difference?

economical | husbandly |

As adjectives the difference between economical and husbandly

is that economical is careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty while husbandly is having the characteristics of a husband; marital.

economical

English

Alternative forms

* economicall (obsolete) * (archaic) * (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty.
  • Relating to economy in any other sense.

    • Usage notes

    Modern usage prefers economic' when describing the economy of a region or country (and when referring to personal or family budgeting).
    '     Economical     is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.

    Derived terms

    * economically * economical with the truth

    See also

    * economic

    husbandly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the characteristics of a husband; marital.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 26, author=Jon Pareles, title=New CDs, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He strives for husbandly allure in slow-motion ballads: “Love You Gently” and the role-reversing “Trading Places,” in which he calls for her to be the aggressive one and offers to make breakfast the next morning. }}
  • *2012 , Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex , Penguin 2013, p. 211:
  • *:As a result, analogies between royal, paternal, and husbandly authority were frequently drawn.
  • (obsolete) Pertaining to a husbandman or husbandry.
  • (obsolete) Frugal; economical.
  • *1707 , (Ofspring Blackall), The blessedness of the poor in spirit :
  • *:Even he that has the most of all is nevertheless oblig'd to be Frugal and Husbandly, and not to lavish or squander away what he has [...].