costly

adjective/ˈkɔstli/

Frequency rank: #4,599 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Requiring a large amount of money; expensive.

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Example sentence

The repairs to the historic building turned out to be very costly.

Synonyms & related words

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