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Costly vs Gratis - What's the difference?

costly | gratis |

As adjectives the difference between costly and gratis

is that costly is of high cost; expensive while gratis is (l), without (l).

costly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Of high cost; expensive.
    • a costly activity
    a costly error
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    • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Michael Da Silva , title=Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Individual mistakes proved costly for Wigan who, particularly after the half-time introduction of Hugo Rodallega, dominated for long periods.}}

    Antonyms

    * costlessly

    Anagrams

    *

    gratis

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Free, without charge.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Free, without charge.

    • Synonyms

    * free as in beer

    Related terms

    * gratuity * gratuitous

    See also

    * libre ----