Modifies a noun

• downturn: Add rising unemployment and economical downturn in to the mix, and things get very interesting.

• repair: It will have been damaged beyond economical repair, usually with major structural damage.

• solution: Our offices are an economical solution to working from home on a limited budget.

• alternative: Credit Control Outsourcing can be an economical alternative to permanent staffing costs.

• manner: The Lymington Harbor Commissioners have historically managed the harbor in a prudent and economical manner.

• way: In order to proceed in the most economical way, I will tell you a story.

Modifying Another Word

• surprisingly: Getting around Shetland isn't difficult; we have excellent roads and you'll find our bus and ferry services surprisingly economical.

• extremely: I have had the car converted to run on LPG which makes it extremely economical to run.

• reasonably: Here is a sports car that is incredibly reliable ( especially compared with an MGF ), certainly safe and reasonably economical to run.

• highly: Secured business loans are offered at highly economical rates at all leading commercial loan lenders.

• very: They're very economical too - saving up to 50 % in laundry costs.

• fairly: Car Hire Hiring a car is a convenient and fairly economical way of getting around.

Infinitive complement

• run: Running on unleaded gasoline the stove itself is very economical to run.

• buy: You will find it more economical to buy more than one item, they have free delivery for orders of £ 50.00 or over.

• use: Easy to insert, provides a lot of energy and is economical to use.

Used with adjective complement

• prove: Service technician Lewis Jackson, of Robin Hood Watersports, believes regular servicing often proves more economical than repair following a breakdown.

• become: Over the past twenty years, color printing has become much more economical which is equally true for forms of binding.

Preposition: in

• run: I believe our version is the more economical in the long run, apart from being more sophisticated " .

• term: This allows them to be economical in terms of energy expended per meter of distance traveled.

Preposition: with

• truth: I was accused of being economical with the truth.