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costly
adjective
-
costly
,
costlier
,
costliest
needing
a
lot
of
money
to
buy
or
do
•
The
designer
dress
was
too
costly
for
her
budget
.
The
designer
dress
was
too
costly
for
her
budget
.
•
Building
a
backyard
swimming
pool
can
be
a
costly
home
improvement
.
Building
a
backyard
swimming
pool
can
be
a
costly
home
improvement
.
From
cost
+
-ly
,
first
recorded
in
Middle
English
around
the
14th
century
.
adjective
-
costly
,
costlier
,
costliest
causing
a
lot
of
loss
,
damage
,
or
problems
•
A
single
costly
mistake
ruined
the
entire
experiment
.
A
single
costly
mistake
ruined
the
entire
experiment
.
•
Forgetting
to
save
his
work
proved
costly
when
the
computer
crashed
.
Forgetting
to
save
his
work
proved
costly
when
the
computer
crashed
.
Metaphoric
extension
of
the
‘
expensive
’
meaning
to
describe
things
that
metaphorically
"
cost
"
a
lot
in
loss
or
damage
,
first
recorded
in
the
17th
century
.
costly
costly
