"expensively" meaning in English

See expensively in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ɛkˈspɛn.sɪv.li/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-expensively.wav [US] Forms: more expensively [comparative], most expensively [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English expensive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English expensively From expensive + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|expensive|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English expensive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English expensively [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "like", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*leyg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*līką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ê", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkê", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līkē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "gem-pro", "2" : ":der", "3" : "*līką", "id" : "-like" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līk", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }, { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ā", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ê", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-e", "lang" : "ang" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċe", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "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" : "expensively", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="expensively"> From expensive + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} expensively (comparative more expensively, superlative most expensively)
  1. In an expensive manner. Synonyms: royally Translations (in an expensive manner): carament (Catalan), costosament (Catalan), draze (Czech), kalliisti (Finnish), kalliilla (Finnish), teuer (German), ακριβά (akrivá) (Greek), drágán (Hungarian), drogo (Lower Sorbian), ílį́įgo (Navajo), drogo (Polish), caramente (Portuguese), custosamente (Portuguese), до́рого (dórogo) (Russian), costosamente (Spanish)
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In an expensive manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expensive",
          "expensive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈspɛn.sɪv.li/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "royally"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "carament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "costosament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "draze"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "kalliisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "kalliilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "teuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "akrivá",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "ακριβά"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "drágán"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "lang_code": "nv",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "ílį́įgo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "drogo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "caramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "custosamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "dórogo",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "до́рого"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "lang_code": "dsb",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "drogo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "in an expensive manner",
      "word": "costosamente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "expensively"
}

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