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Of great cost; expensive; dear.

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  1. a. Of great cost; expensive; dear.
  2. a. Gorgeous; sumptuous.
  3. adj. entailing great loss or sacrifice
  4. adj. having a high price
  5. 1. Of great cost; expensive; dear. He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. Prescott. 2. Gorgeous; sumptuous. [Poetic.] To show how costly summer was at hand. Shak.
  6. j:100 s. having a high price