CEFR B2

costly

adjective

Meaning

Requiring a large amount of money; expensive.

Examples

The repairs to the historic building were extremely costly.
Buying a house in this city is very costly.

Synonyms: expensive, pricy, dear, high-priced, exorbitant

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costly (B2)

adjective

Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːst.li/

Definition

Requiring a large amount of money; expensive.

Examples

The repairs to the historic building were extremely costly.
Buying a house in this city is very costly.
It was a costly mistake to ignore the warning signs.

How to Use costly

costly to [verb] (prepositional phrase): Expensive to perform a certain action. — "It is costly to maintain such a large fleet of vehicles."
costly for [someone] (prepositional phrase): Having a high price or negative consequence for a particular person or group. — "The new policy proved to be costly for small businesses."

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