cheaply
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Definition
Adverb: 1. At a low cost; for a small amount of money: Involving little expenditure of money. 2. In a manner that appears inexpensive or of poor quality: Done or made in a way that seems low-cost, often implying a lack of value or elegance. 3. In a stingy or miserly way: Behaving in a manner that is unwilling to spend money.
Usage Examples
- At a low cost:
- We managed to travel across Europe quite cheaply.
- The furniture was assembled cheaply but effectively.
- In a manner that appears inexpensive:
- The room was decorated cheaply with plastic ornaments.
- He was dressed cheaply in ill-fitting clothes.
- In a stingy manner:
- He lived cheaply, never spending on luxuries.
Advanced Usage
- "to come by something cheaply": to obtain something with little effort or cost.
- He came by that antique vase very cheaply at a flea market.
- Used to emphasize the low value or poor quality of an action or result.
- The victory felt cheaply won because the opposing team was injured.
Variants and Related Words
- Cheap (adjective): Low in price; costing little money. Also, of poor quality.
- a cheap ticket; cheap plastic
- Cheapen (verb): To make something seem less valuable or respectable.
- Constant sales cheapen the brand's image.
Synonyms
- Inexpensively: Without spending much money.
- Economically: In a way that requires careful management of money or resources.
- Chintzily (informal): In a stingy or tastelessly cheap manner.
Antonyms
- Expensively: At high cost.
- Lavishly: In a rich, elaborate, or generous way.
Related Phrases
- On the cheap (idiom): In a way that spends as little money as possible.
- They renovated the house on the cheap.
- Feel cheap: To feel ashamed or embarrassed.
- His comments made her feel cheap. (Note: This idiom uses the adjective form).
Adverb
- with little expenditure of money
- I bought this car very cheaply
- in a cheap manner
- a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar
- in a stingy manner
- their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily