"cheaply" meaning in English

See cheaply in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiːpli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cheaply.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more cheaply [comparative], most cheaply [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːpli Etymology: Etymology tree English cheap Middle English -ly English -ly English cheaply From cheap + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cheap|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cheap Middle English -ly English -ly English cheaply [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cheaply", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cheaply"> From cheap + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} cheaply (comparative more cheaply, superlative most cheaply)
  1. In a cheap manner; without expending much money. Translations (in a cheap manner): levně (Czech), billigt (Danish), edullisesti (Finnish), halvalla (Finnish), halvasti (Finnish), billig (German), olcsón (Hungarian), vīliter (Latin), salubriter (Latin), lēti (Latvian), tanio (Polish), дёшево (djóševo) (Russian), будзашто (Serbo-Croatian), budzašto (Serbo-Croatian), јефтино (Serbo-Croatian), jeftino (Serbo-Croatian), billigt (Swedish), де́шево (déševo) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cheaply-en-adv-ZHjlet7m Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 52 48 Disambiguation of 'in a cheap manner': 99 1
  2. (cricket, by extension) For a low score. Tags: broadly
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Inflected forms

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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "in a cheap manner",
      "word": "јефтино"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "in a cheap manner",
      "word": "jeftino"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "in a cheap manner",
      "word": "billigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "déševo",
      "sense": "in a cheap manner",
      "word": "де́шево"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheaply"
}

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