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costly

/ˈkɒs(t)li/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈkɒs(t)li/
costly
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
IPA vowel pattern
Ending
Final y vowel sound

cos - tly -> costly

Myanmar meaning

(adj) တန်ဖိုးကြီးသော။ စရိတ်ကြီးသော။

Full entry

costly /'kɒstli;US 'kↄ:st-/ adj

(-ier, -iest ) တန်ဖိုးကြီးသော။ စရိတ်ကြီးသော။
It would be too costly to repair the car. ❍ a costly mistake/ failure (ie one involving great loss).

More examples
  • They have been investing in costly new equipment.
  • [a costly business/process/exercise] : Changing your company’s management style can be a costly business.
  • Appeals can be costly and time-consuming.
  • Costly silks/perfumes
  • Dropping the ball with only seconds left to play was a costly mistake.
Synonyms
expensive, dear, pricey, an arm and leg, catastrophic, cher, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, disastrous, excessive, executive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, fancy, gorgeous, harmful, high, high-priced, highly priced, inestimable, inflated, inordinate, invaluable, lavish, loss-making, luxurious, opulent, overpriced, precious, premium, priceless, rich, ruinous, sacrificial, splendid, steep, stiff, sumptuous, top, valuable
Antonyms
aiding, basic, cheap, helpful, inexpensive, not valuable, poor, reasonable
Cross references
expensivedearpriceyan arm and legcatastrophiccherdamagingdeleteriousdetrimentaldisastrousexcessiveexecutiveexorbitantextortionateextravagantfancygorgeousharmfulhighhigh-pricedhighly pricedinestimableinflatedinordinateinvaluablelavishloss-makingluxurious
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