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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒst.li/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-costly.ogg Forms: costlier [comparative], costliest [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English costly, costely, costeley, equivalent to cost + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|costly}} Middle English costly, {{suffix|en|cost|ly|id2=adjectival}} cost + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} costly (comparative costlier, superlative costliest)
  1. Of high cost; expensive. Synonyms: dear, expensive Derived forms: costlily, costliness, costly colours, overcostly, uncostly Translations (expensive): πολυτελής (polutelḗs) (Ancient Greek), скъп (skǎp) (Bulgarian), це́нен (cénen) (Bulgarian), costós (Catalan), prijzig (Dutch), duur (Dutch), kostbaar (Dutch), multekosta (Esperanto), altepreza (Esperanto), coûteux (French), lourd (French), teuer (German), kostspielig (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (galaufs) (Gothic), kostnaðarsamur (Icelandic), luachmhar (Irish), costasach (Irish), costasúil (Irish), costoso (Italian), caro (Italian), dispendioso (Italian), pretiōsus (Latin), impensus (Latin), dārgs (Latvian), couôteux [Jersey] (Norman), costós (Occitan), kosztowny (Polish), custoso (Portuguese), caro (Portuguese), costisitor (Romanian), scump (Romanian), дорогосто́ящий (dorogostójaščij) (Russian), дорого́й (dorogój) (Russian), це́нный (cénnyj) (Russian), बहुमूल्य (bahumūlya) (Sanskrit), महार्घ (mahārgha) (Sanskrit), cosgail (Scottish Gaelic), costoso (Spanish), caro (Spanish), dyr (Swedish), kostsam (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "caro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "costisitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "scump"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dorogostójaščij",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "дорогосто́ящий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dorogój",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "дорого́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cénnyj",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "це́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "bahumūlya",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "बहुमूल्य"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "mahārgha",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "महार्घ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "cosgail"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "costoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "caro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "dyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "expensive",
      "word": "kostsam"
    }
  ],
  "word": "costly"
}

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