pertaining to the household; domestic.-relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.-managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.-managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time.-relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths.-regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.