2. Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of
household affairs.
And doth employ her economic art And busy care, her
household to preserve. --Sir J.
Davies.
3. Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or
unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and
in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
Just rich enough, with economic care, To save a
pittance. --Harte.
4. Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or
extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an
economical use of money or of time.
5. Relating to the means of living, or the resources and
wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as,
economic purposes; economical truths.
These matters economical and political. --J. C.
Shairp.
There was no economical distress in England to
prompt the enterprises of colonization. --Palfrey.
Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes,
lands, and the employment of the people. --H. C.
Baird.
6. Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.
--Grew.
Note: Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal,
saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning
pertaining to the management of a household, or of
public affairs.