There he could live frugally and achieve some real work.
They live frugally, and are only prodigal in powder and human life.
There, refusing the pension which had been offered him and all ecclesiastical preferment, he lived frugally, and spent his days and nights as at Brussels in literary labour.
Living frugally is more than just a decision to spend less money.
Shopping frugally never means sacrificing style and going out of your way to dress in a humdrum fashion, but you also want to be sensible about what you pick up.