VDict - Definition of costly

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costly

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Adjective

having a high price
- costly jewelry
- high-priced merchandise
- much too dear for my pocketbook
- a pricey restaurant

entailing great loss or sacrifice
- a dearly-won victory

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Synonyms:
dear(p) high-priced pricey pricy dearly-won

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Words contain "costly" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
costly frederick william ii overpriced pricy pricey high-priced dear

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