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Costly

//ˈkɒst.li// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of high cost; expensive.

    "a costly activity"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a high price wordnet
  2. 2
    entailing great loss or sacrifice wordnet

Etymology

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

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