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English Dictionary: costly	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for costly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
costly adj entailing great loss or sacrifice; "a dearly-won victory" Synonym(s): dearly-won, costly having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant" Synonym(s): costly, dear(p), high-priced, pricey, pricy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Costly \Cost"ly\ (k?st"l?; 115), a. [From Cost expense.] 1. Of great cost; expensive; dear. He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. --Prescott. 2. Gorgeous; sumptuous. [Poetic.] To show how costly summer was at hand. --Shak.