Expensively

/ɛkˈspɛn.sɪv.li/ adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an expensive manner.

    "Customers are usually enticed in with a "ducat", or pass for one free dance; after that it costs them ten cents a time. I can work out expensively, particularly with the heightened tempo of war."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an expensive manner wordnet

Synonyms

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dearlyextravagantly

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""This revolution is going to transform our material world. It will let us make a whole host of products less expensively, with great strength, with less pollution and in general simply with better properties all around," he explained."

Etymology

From expensive + -ly.

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