expensively
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3.2
- adverb
- /ɪkˈspɛnsɪvli/
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caramente
- Living in that luxurious neighborhood can be done expensively, as the houses are priced well above average.
- less expensively
This is why we need to be able to build infrastructure in space less expensively than our competition.
- This is why we need to be able to build infrastructure in space less expensively than our competition.
Examples
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Additionally, voluntary codes can set and adjust standards more quickly and less expensively than laws and regulations.
Academic text (1999) -
And ever since then, first of all, modestly and now very expensively, but also very successfully, modern science has been producing the goods.
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This is why we need to be able to build infrastructure in space less expensively than our competition.
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Yes, flash can be used to make great cartoons, and probably less expensively and faster than other means of production.
Blog text (26) -
Now, I'd opted for a tourist visa, which meant that I'd been obliged to arrange accommodation expensively in advance.
Fiction book (1995) -
Her expensively dressed male companion's arm wrapped tightly around her waist as they watched the concert.
Fiction book (1995) -
CASINO - NIGHT: Jani de Villiers is 30-something, blonde, tanned, and expensively dressed in designer clothes.
Fiction book (1998) -
Myra, dressed expensively and fashionably, sits with Gloucester Hebbing, a stocky businessman in his sixties.
Fiction book (1990) -
The dinner at the upscale restaurant was served expensively, with each dish carefully crafted and beautifully presented.
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She dressed expensively for the gala, wearing a designer gown that attracted everyone's attention.
Synonyms
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6.0
Using or spending much more than needed
Antonyms
How Expensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Expensively comes from expense, which comes from old words meaning 'to pay out' and is like the common verb spend. So, to do something expensively is to do it in a way that 'costs' a lot of money.