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Synonyms for costly
ˈkɔst li, ˈkɒst-cost·ly
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Wiktionary
costlyadjective
Antonyms:
costlesslycostlyadjective
Antonyms:
costlessly
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Princeton's WordNet
dearly-won, costlyadjective
entailing great loss or sacrifice
"a dearly-won victory"
Synonyms:
pricy, dear(p), high-priced, dearly-won, priceyAntonyms:
cheap, inexpensivecostly, dear(p), high-priced, pricey, pricyadjective
having a high price
"costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant"
Antonyms:
cheap, inexpensive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
costlyadjective
Synonyms:
expensive, dear, high-priced, of great price
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
costlyadjective
Synonyms:
expensive, dear, high-priced, sumptuous, rich
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "costly":
expensive, onerous, burdensome, high-cost, dear, pricey, precious, cost-intensive
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2169 | rich | |
#3613 | dear | |
#4004 | expensive | |
#4080 | valuable | |
#6395 | precious | |
#10003 | costly | |
#30164 | pricey | |
#33733 | sumptuous | |
#38128 | burdensome | |
#42553 | onerous | |
#122866 | pricy |
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A failing foundation can be the biggest and most costly problem.
It (ACEA) considers that the upstream part of the supply chain has the best leverage to achieve transparency in mineral sourcing and to effectively combat the financing of armed conflicts, compliance obligations for downstream companies should be avoided as they are extremely burdensome and costly in case of highly complex supply chains.
Based on our own experience and on our painful example we can say today that transformation is expensive, but not doing it is also costly.
AMLO has working majorities in Mexicos legislature, so he could conceivably move forward with this, i suspect, however, that should this get legislative legs, the market would punish the peso in such a way that it would prove very costly.
Restricting supply generally has little impact on demand and can be a costly waste of resources when demand-side interventions deliver more meaningful results and changes.
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