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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
costly
    adj 1: entailing great loss or sacrifice; "a dearly-won victory"
           [syn: dearly-won, costly]
    2: having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced
       merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey
       restaurant" [syn: costly, dear(p), high-priced,
       pricey, pricy]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Costly \Cost"ly\ (k?st"l?; 115), a. [From Cost expense.]
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   1. Of great cost; expensive; dear.
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            He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and
            sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the
            princess.                             --Prescott.
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   2. Gorgeous; sumptuous. [Poetic.]
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            To show how costly summer was at hand. --Shak.
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