Synonyms for costly
ˈkɔst li, ˈkɒst-cost·ly

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1. costlyadjective

   Antonyms:
   costlessly

2. costlyadjective

   Antonyms:
   costlessly

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1. costly

   Synonyms:
   valuable, expensive, high-priced, rich, precious, sumptuous

   Antonyms:
   valueless, cheap, low-priced, mean, worthless, beggarly, paltry

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1. dearly-won, costlyadjective

   entailing great loss or sacrifice

   "a dearly-won victory"

   Synonyms:
   pricy, dear(p), high-priced, dearly-won, pricey

   Antonyms:
   cheap, inexpensive

2. costly, 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

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1. costlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   expensive, dear, high-priced, of great price

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1. costlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   expensive, dear, high-priced, sumptuous, rich

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1. List of paraphrases for "costly":

   expensive, onerous, burdensome, high-cost, dear, pricey, precious, cost-intensive

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1. Penn State coach James Franklin:

   THE TAKEAWAY Penn State : The mistakes proved costly. Penn State coach James Franklin will be on major clean-up duty this week after seeing three red-zone possessions end without points, three missed field goals, two interceptions, one lost fumble, a muffed punt and a fumbled kickoff return in addition to Fords late TD run and the late defensive breakdowns. Indiana : This victory is a huge step for the program. Allen know the Hoosiers need to start beating ranked teams more consistently, and this one came on a day the defense played reasonably well and the offense managed only 221 yards 19:35 of possession time. POLL IMPLICATIONS Penn State will slip in the Top 25, perhaps precipitously. The defense played well but broke down late while the offense and special teams werent anywhere near championship caliber. Its turnovers and penalties.

2. Scott Stewart:

   When you look at the number of passengers every day, and the number of stations that we have, you would need to institute security at every station along a subway, instituting that same level of security would be very costly. It would also create tie-ups and bog down commuting times.

3. Richard Isaacson:

   In an ideal world, a portable at-home device that could offer this therapy would be the eventual goal, for now, it's cumbersome to receive these treatments, as specialized equipment is needed. It can also be time-intensive and costly as well.

4. Tauzer Apiaries:

   This is an exciting step forward for beekeepers, as we rely on antibiotic treatment that has limited effectiveness and requires lots of time and energy to apply to our hives, if we can prevent an infection in our hives, we can avoid costly treatments and focus our energy on other important elements of keeping our bees healthy.

5. Natalie Wood:

   Oh goodness, if I wasn’t able to touch [that money], I wouldn’t have electricity, water, or a roof over my head, but you know, the thing a lot of us forget, myself included, is you put down first, last, and a security deposit and you’re in a place. But how about all the deposits necessary for water, gas, electricity — all of our things had to be put in storage. Even doing that we lost more than half of everything we owned… and finding a motel that would accept us with dogs was not easy. It was costly… We’re still coming to terms with everything, so we’re not pulled together by any stretch of the imagination, but we’re trying. I’m trying very hard to make it a home.