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expensively en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ɛkˈspɛn.sɪv.li/ (US)
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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.

Meanings

1. In an expensive manner.
   • The room was expensively furnished. 1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 77:
   • Customers are usually enticed in with a "ducat", or pass for one free dance; after that it costs them ten cents a time. I can work out expensively, particularly with the heightened tempo of war. 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 88:

Forms

Antonyms

cheaply

Synonyms

royally

Translations (15)

fi kalliisti (in an expensive manner) · ca costosament (in an expensive manner) · pl drogo (in an expensive manner) · cs draze (in an expensive manner) · pt custosamente (in an expensive manner) · dsb drogo (in an expensive manner) · fi kalliilla (in an expensive manner) · de teuer (in an expensive manner) · es costosamente (in an expensive manner) · hu drágán (in an expensive manner) · pt caramente (in an expensive manner) · el ακριβά (in an expensive manner) · nv ílį́įgo (in an expensive manner) · ru до́рого (in an expensive manner) · ca carament (in an expensive manner)