expensively

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expensively

/ɛkˈspɛn.sɪv.li/ US

adverb more expensively · most expensively

In an expensive manner. Customers are usually enticed in with a "ducat", or pass for one free dance; after that it costs them ten cents a time. I can work out expensively, particularly with the heightened tempo of war.
Similar: royally

Opposite: cheaply

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adverb

Opposite: cheaply

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adv in an expensive manner

Español	costosamente
Português	caramente, custosamente
Deutsch	teuer
Ελληνικά	ακριβά akrivá
Русский	до́рого dórogo

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@misc{expensively_2026,
  title = {expensively},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/expensively},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}