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. Orphe Divounguy:

   Mortgage rates are steering both supply and demand in today’s costly environment, home sales picked up in January when rates were relatively low, then slacked off as they ramped back up.

2. Hiram Sasser:

   Government officials need to know that illegal restrictions on First Amendment rights are intolerable and costly.

3. Sheila Vakharia:

   Restricting supply generally has little impact on demand and can be a costly waste of resources when demand-side interventions deliver more meaningful results and changes.

4. Lisa Lien Mager:

   Droughts are costly for water agencies, revenues are being affected by the mandatory conservation but at the same time costs are going up.

5. Trita Parsi:

   The calculation of the Trump team is that will be too politically costly and that will deter the Joe Biden team from even trying, but a lot of Democrats will be unhappy to see Joe Biden not undo this, we're talking about a nuclear deal that prevents Iran from having a nuclear weapon, and you're willing to forgo that just because you don't want to undo some [ sanctions ] designations ?