HOW TO PRONOUNCE
costly
/ˈkɑstli/
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What does costly mean?
adjective
- Of high cost; expensive.
noun
- Short for costly colours.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɑstli/
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She drew her costly lace scarf up around her shoulders, and sat silently watching the brilliant scene, as if in a dream.
Therefore he desired I would let him know, “what these costly meats were, and how any of us happened to want them?”
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And in the management of their estates much litigation obstinately pursued caused internal dissension, was costly, and gained them only bitter enemies.
To have carried the hill by storm would still have been most difficult and costly, and, as it proved, a needless feat.
Home buying in small communities is safer than in the outskirts of a large city, because public improvements are much less costly.