Costly vs Expensive - What's the difference?
costly | expensive |
Of high cost; expensive.
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Having a high price or cost.
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Expensive is a synonym of costly.
As adjectives the difference between costly and expensive
is that costly is of high cost; expensive while expensive is having a high price or cost.costly
English
Adjective
(er)- a costly activity
- a costly error
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Antonyms
* costlesslyAnagrams
*expensive
English
Alternative forms
* expencive (archaic)Adjective
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