Cheaply
['tʃipli]
Definition
(adv.) with little expenditure of money; 'I bought this car very cheaply'.
(adv.) in a cheap manner; 'a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar'.
Editor: William--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferior manner.
Typist: Ludwig
Examples
- Before its introduction it was not possible to reproduce cheaply in printers’ ink shaded pictures like photographs, brush drawings, paintings, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The organization was crude, the steam-engineering talent poor, and owing to the impossibility of getting any considerable capital subscribed, the plants were put in as cheaply as possible. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A very important feature in record-making, from a commercial standpoint, is in means for cheaply duplicating records. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A virtuous and laborious people may be cheaply governed. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It is mainly wood pulp that has enabled books and newspapers to be made so cheaply, for they are now furnished at a less price than the cost of the paper made in the old way from rags. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Consequently, it is necessary to provide some way by which duplicates may be made cheaply enough to permit their purchase by the public at a reasonable price. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This ore could be excavated very cheaply by means of improved mining facilities, and transported at low cost to lake ports. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Both utilizations depended upon the supply of current now cheaply obtainable from the dynamo. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was of such rich character that, being cheaply mined by greatly improved and inexpensive methods, the market price of crude ore of like iron units fell from about $6. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I also wish to show another method by which meat can be preserved and cheaply transported. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Many immigrants live cheaply and well with beans and bread as their main diet. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It enabled all kinds of fabrics, from the finest to the coarsest, to be cheaply woven into patterns having figured or ornamental designs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A machine must be constructed that would do the work more quickly, more easily, and more cheaply. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Now cheaply purchased at their weight in gold. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Sir, whether you find me temporarily and cheaply lodging in an empty London house, or in a Calais apartment, you find Harriet with me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Ugly great factories grew up, built as cheaply as possible, to hold as many machines and workers as possible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Indeed, machines for cheaply turning out articles have, in many cases, led the way to popular use of the article by the extreme cheapness of its production. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They were put up cheaply, as I used the roofs of houses, just as the Western Union did. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Large quantities are also imported from Germany, where they are manufactured so cheaply, that fifty boxes each containing 100 matches, are sold for fourpence. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The important step in liquefying air cheaply and on a large scale was accomplished by the discovery of what is known as the _self-intensifying_ action. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Ludwig