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   Cost·ly

   /ˈkôs(t)lē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. costing a lot; expensive: "major problems requiring costly repairs" Similar expensivedearhigh-costhigh-pricedhighly pricedbig-budgetoverpricedexorbitantextortionateimmoderateextravagantlavishrichdeluxechoicefineexquisitevaluablepricelessworth its weight in goldworth a king's ransomupmarketover the oddsinformal:steeppriceyOpposite cheapinexpensive
   • ▪ causing suffering, loss, or disadvantage: "the government's biggest and most costly mistake" Similar catastrophicruinousdisastrouscalamitouscataclysmicdevastatingcripplingcrushingfatallethaldamagingharmfulinjuriousdeleteriouswoefulgrievouslamentabledireawfulterribleunfortunateliterary:direfulOpposite beneficial

   Derivatives

   • 1. costliness noun

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