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costly

/ˈkɑstli/

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What does costly mean?

adjective

  1. Of high cost; expensive.

noun

  1. Short for costly colours.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkɑstli/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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/ˈkɔstli/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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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.
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyThe Scarlet PimpernelProject Gutenberg ebook #60
Therefore he desired I would let him know, “what these costly meats were, and how any of us happened to want them?”
Jonathan SwiftGulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #829
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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.
Ernest Albert SavageOld English libraries : $b the making, collection, and use of books during the Middle AgesProject Gutenberg ebook #1615
To have carried the hill by storm would still have been most difficult and costly, and, as it proved, a needless feat.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
Home buying in small communities is safer than in the outskirts of a large city, because public improvements are much less costly.
Bolton HallThree Acres and LibertyProject Gutenberg ebook #4509