Costliness
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The characteristic of being costly. uncountable, usually
"It was not large, but of unusual height, and fitted up with great costliness. The bookcases were ebony, inlaid with green morocco, and so were the tables, and the curtains were of crimson velvet."
- 2 the quality possessed by something with a great price or value wordnet
Example
More examples"The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty."
Etymology
From costly + -ness.
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