costly

costly

English

Etymology

From Middle English costly, costely, costeley, equivalent to cost +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒst.li/

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Adjective

costly (comparative costlier, superlative costliest)

1. Of high cost; expensive.

   a costly activity

   a costly error

   • 2011 October 15, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Individual mistakes proved costly for Wigan who, particularly after the half-time introduction of Hugo Rodallega, dominated for long periods.

Antonyms

• costlessly

Translations

expensive

Bulgarian: скъп (bg) (skǎp), це́нен (bg) (cénen) Catalan: costós Dutch: prijzig (nl), duur (nl), kostbaar (nl) Esperanto: multekosta, altepreza French: coûteux (fr), lourd (fr) German: teuer (de), kostspielig (de) Irish: luachmhar, costasach, costasúil Italian: costoso (it), caro (it) Latin: pretiōsus

Latvian: dārgs Norman: couôteux (Jersey) Polish: kosztowny (pl) Portuguese: custoso (pt), caro (pt) Romanian: costisitor (ro), scump (ro) Russian: дорогосто́ящий (ru) (dorogostójaščij), дорого́й (ru) (dorogój), це́нный (ru) (cénnyj) Scottish Gaelic: cosgail Spanish: costoso (es), caro (es) Swedish: dyr (sv), kostsam (sv)

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