frugal

" What we can safely assume is that he was indeed a Pythagorean and as such, in conformity with the Pythagorean tradition, opposed animal sacrifice, and lived on a frugal, strictly vegetarian diet.

Life in the city became frugal and harsh, although by October there were efforts to re-establish normality.

By 1908, this was described by the New York Times as a " long-established … preference " ( see article ) In modern usage in Scotland, " Scotch " is never used, other than as described in the following paragraph for certain articles ; it has gathered patronising and faintly offensive connotations (" frugal with one's money "), and a non-Scot who uses the word in conversation with Scots as a description of them may find this a good test of their courtesy.

The food served at the emperor's table was very frugal and John lectured courtiers who lived in excessive luxury.

Flaccus could not help remarking the energy of Cato, his military talent, his eloquence, his frugal and simple life, and his traditional principles.

McIlroy considered writing a post-processor for diff where a variety of output formats could be designed and implemented, but he found it more frugal and simpler to have diff be responsible for generating the syntax and reverse-order input accepted by the < tt > ed </ tt > command.

Which had always made my life frugal and free from slavery.

In worshiping Disciplina, a soldier became frugal in every way: with money, with energy and actions.

A " reclusive, pious and frugal " leader, Omar visited Kabul twice between 1996 to 2001.

MacMurray was one of the wealthiest and, at the same time, most frugal actors in the business.

His successor as maestro di cappella at the Collegio Germanico in 1686, describes him as: very frugal in his domestic affairs, very noble manners towards friends and acquaintances, tall, thin, and prone to melancholy.

Jennings was industrious, frugal and prosperous in all of his work.

About a hundred " honest and frugal " German and Austrian-American families lived in Sheet Nine of the City of Breslau as early as the 1880s.

These Germans saw farming as a way of life, and tended to be conservative, religious, frugal and hard working people.

He was spare, frugal, hard-boiled, but he did over and over again what only the best writers can ever do at all.

What is not in doubt is that Éamon de Valera and Seán Lemass held diametrically different visions of Ireland ; de Valera's was of a pastoral rural-based society " given to frugal living ", Lemass has a vision of a modern industrialised society, a member of the European Community.

The son's frugal upbringing taught him habits of self-reliance and independence.

Outside of the shearing season their existence was frugal, and this possibly explains the tradition ( of past years ) of sheep stations in particular providing enough food to last until the next station even when no work was available.

John Evelyn describes him as " a sober, wise, judicious and pondering person, not illiterate beyond the rule of most noblemen in this age, very well versed in English history and affairs, industrious, frugal, methodical and every way accomplished "; and declares he was much deplored, few believing he had ever harboured any seditious designs.

The ceremony begins with a frugal meal consisting of bread, salted vegetables, and water, during which a passage of Scripture is interpreted.

* A frugal number has more digits than the number of digits in its prime factorization ( when written like below tables with multiplicities above 1 as exponents ).

* An economical number has been defined as a frugal number, but also as a number that is either frugal or equidigital.

Disappointment told upon him, and, frugal as was his way of life, poverty must have affected him.

Rennie argues that Reid's approach to government, frugal and non-interventionist, was well-suited to the prosperous 1920s but less so to the 1930s, and highlights his lack of charisma.