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inexpensively

inexpensively

5 2.6
Without spending much money
  • adverb
  • /ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪvli/
translation icon : económicamente
  • The Safe Water System allows people to treat and store water in their homes inexpensively.
  • quickly and inexpensively
  • easily and inexpensively
  • produced inexpensively

This is an opportunity to do so for college credit, and fairly inexpensively.

Examples

  • You can travel around the city inexpensively by using public transportation.

  • I want you to bring him back as quickly and as inexpensively as possible.

  • There are many projects that can be done inexpensively and relatively quickly that will deliver huge value.

    Blog text (32)
  • I can print a volume like this one in a few weeks... ...and quite inexpensively.

  • Some plants will be able to cut emissions more inexpensively than others.

    Academic text (2007)
  • In the meantime, we merely provide care as inexpensively as possible.

  • Using computer technology and the Internet can facilitate that process inexpensively.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Land's team designed an emergency-style ship that could be built quickly and inexpensively in large numbers.

    Academic text (2009)
  • LARR's staff has the opposite commitment: to disseminate knowledge as widely and inexpensively as possible.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Lockheed Martin's X-33 vehicle is a lifting body design that will place payloads into orbit more inexpensively than the Space Shuttle.

    Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

cheaply
vsinexpensively
40 1.0

In a way that costs little money

is the longer or more formal adverb with the same meaning
economically
vsinexpensively
21 3.3

To use money and resources carefully to avoid waste

is focused on low price rather than careful resource use
dirt cheap
vsinexpensively
  • Informal
14 2.8

Very cheap and costing almost nothing

is simply less costly without the extreme emphasis
on a shoestring
vsinexpensively
  • Informal
8 5.6

Doing something with very little money

is about low price rather than working within a tiny budget
affordably
vsinexpensively
2 3.2

In a way that does not cost too much money

is about low price in general rather than meeting personal budgets
for a song
vsinexpensively
  • Informal
1 4.3

It costs very little

is the neutral term for low cost, not the idiomatic bargain phrase
parsimoniously
vsinexpensively
  • Specialized
8.2

Using only a few simple parts or ideas

is about low monetary cost rather than broad minimal resource use

Antonyms

5 3.2

In a way that costs a lot of money

How Expensive

expensively
5 3.2
affordably
2 3.2
inexpensively
5 2.6
cheaply
40 1.0

Surface Forms

inexpensively positive
inexpensiver comparative
inexpensivest superlative

Morphology

inexpensively = inexpensive (transparent) = in + expensive + ly

This is a regular adverb formation from the adjective 'inexpensive' with no meaningful shift.

Etymology

Inexpensively starts with in- meaning 'not' and the part expensive comes from expense, the money you 'spend', so inexpensively means 'not costing much' or 'cheaply'.