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Meaning of costly

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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