expensively

ex·pen·sive

[ik-spen-siv]
adjective
entailing great expense; very high-priced; costly: an expensive party.

Origin:
1620–30; expense + -ive

ex·pen·sive·ly, adverb
ex·pen·sive·ness, noun
qua·si-ex·pen·sive, adjective
qua·si-ex·pen·sive·ly, adverb

expansive, expensive (see synonym study at the current entry).


Expensive, costly, dear, high-priced apply to something that is high in price. Expensive is applied to whatever entails considerable expense; it suggests a price more than the average person would normally be able to pay or a price paid only for something special: an expensive automobile. Costly implies that the price is a large sum, usually because of the fineness, preciousness, etc., of the object: a costly jewel. Dear is commonly applied in England to something that is selling beyond its usual or just price. In the U.S., high-priced is the usual equivalent.


cheap, low-priced.
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expensive (ɪkˈspɛnsɪv) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
high-priced; costly; dear
 
ex'pensively
 
adv
 
ex'pensiveness
 
n

expensive (ɪkˈspɛnsɪv) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
high-priced; costly; dear
 
ex'pensively
 
adv
 
ex'pensiveness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

expensive
1628, "given to profuse expenditure," from expense + -ive. Main modern meaning "costly" is from 1630s.
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