economical

CEFRB1

/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/

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Regular freight trains between Abergavenny and Merthyr were withdrawn on November 24, 1954, because it was found both practicable and more economical to send this traffic by less severely-graded routes.
1958 February 26, “Notes and News: Merthyr-Abergavenny Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 138
The whole [resignalling] scheme has proved more economical than the construction of a new Clyde bridge.
1961 March, “The new Glasgow Central signalbox”, in Trains Illustrated, page 177
In economical science, value and the power of producing value are taken into consideration.
1854, Patrick Edward Dove, The Elements of Political Science, part 2, page 246
By Use, then, in the sense given it by the Say-Hermann school, we have to think of an objective useful element which proceeds from goods, and acquires independent economical existence as well as independent economical value.
1922, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Capital and Interest: A Critical History of Economical Theory, page 218
Doctor in Economical Sciences.
2007, Who's Who in the Arab World, page 312

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From economic + -al.