in an economical manner
"The company redesigned its packaging to use materials more economically, reducing waste by half."
In an economical manner; not wastefully; not extravagantly
"The car is designed to run economically on even the cheapest fuel."
In plain English: Economically means dealing with money, buying and selling things, or how an economy works as a whole.
"The town has grown economically because new businesses are opening up every year."
Usage: Use economically to describe spending or using resources sparingly and without waste, rather than focusing on financial profitability. This adverb often modifies verbs like spend, use, or design to emphasize efficiency over quantity.
Economically comes from the word economical by adding the suffix -ly to form an adverb. The term entered English through this straightforward grammatical process rather than being borrowed directly from another language.