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Costly
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.