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economically

adverb (SAVING MONEY)
 
 
/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl.i/ /ek.ə-/ US  /-ˈnɑː.mɪ-/

Definition

using little money, time, etc.: As a student she lived very economically, rarely going out and buying very few clothes.Budgeting and saving moneyCosting or worth little or no money
(Definition of economically adverb (SAVING MONEY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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