| Pronunciation: | | 'kostlee
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- [adj] having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant"
- [adj] entailing great loss or sacrifice; "a dearly-won victory"
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COSTLY is a 6 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | dear(p), dearly-won, expensive, high-priced, pricey, pricy |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cost"ly\ (k?st"l?; 115), a. [From Cost expense.]
1. Of great cost; expensive; dear.
He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and
sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the
princess. --Prescott.
2. Gorgeous; sumptuous. [Poetic.]
To show how costly summer was at hand. --Shak.
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