Costly
['kɒs(t)lɪ] or ['kɔstli]
Definition
(adj.) having a high price; 'costly jewelry'; 'high-priced merchandise'; 'much too dear for my pocketbook'; 'a pricey restaurant' .
Editor: Oswald--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of great cost; expensive; dear.
(a.) Gorgeous; sumptuous.
Inputed by Artie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Expensive, dear, high-priced, of great price.
Edited by Ben
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Valuable, expensive, high-priced, rich, precious, sumptuous
ANT:Valueless, cheap, low-priced, mean, worthless, beggarly, paltry
Checker: Mandy
Examples
- To midnight revelry, and the panting emulation of beauty, to costly dress and birth-day shew, to title and the gilded coronet, farewell! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- That is a costly mania for a manufacturer. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Finally, the fuel consumption is reduced, which in the case of the Eastern plants, with their relatively costly coke, is a very important consideration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was begun in 1882 and finished in 1890, and is the largest and most costly viaduct in the world. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was found, however, in practice, that the compound gas thus formed was more costly than ordinary coal gas, and the plan has been discontinued. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- We have seen, in these old churches, a profusion of costly and elaborate sepulchre ornamentation such as we never dreampt of before. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But now a factory and its engines and machines became a vast and costly thing, measured by the scale of the worker's pocket. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These data revealed the fact that the quantity of copper required for the main conductors would be exceedingly large and costly; and, if ever, Edison was somewhat dismayed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The battle of rival reapers had been long and costly. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This statement cannot be successfully controverted, for it has been abundantly verified after many years of costly litigation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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