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US
/ˌɛkˈspɛnsɪvɫi/
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[ UK /ɛkspˈɛnsɪvli/ ]
[ UK /ɛkspˈɛnsɪvli/ ]
ADVERB
-
in an expensive manner
an expensively dressed little man turned a corner and approached her
How To Use expensively In A Sentence
- Although one of China's richest men,[sentence dictionary] he dresses inexpensively and lives in a modest Beijing apartment.
- The Reiksguard forms an elite core of highly trained, expensively-equipped troops who are loyal to the Emperor in person.
- She has done heaps of different courses in a range of areas but found that being able to sew stretchy fabrics meant she has been able to make clothes for the whole family quickly and inexpensively.
- Decorate your home inexpensively with loads of balloons and streamers.
- My client wishes to settle this matter quietly, inexpensively and expeditiously.
- You can eat well at one of the noodle shops or fast-food places for less than $10, or you can wine and dine more expensively and elegantly at a place like the Ship's Tavern.
- We entered the house and I was surprised to find it very plush and expensively furnished.
- In some cases, you can upgrade inexpensively by moving to a different program within the same category.
- He wears "High-top boots expensively clicker'd with gold taps, a pair of hip-hugging jodhpur-style pants in a faded mauve tone, an amount of gold chains, a heavy mink coat to keep out the worst of the hardwind's assaults and a goatskin beanie hat set pavee-style at the crown of his head. City of Bohane by Kevin Barry – review
- Making daps and T-shirts rather cheaply, and selling them quite expensively, would be my guess, but according to the company spokesman Charlie Brooks: "What we say at Nike is that we are amplifying the voice of the athlete. On the scent of the Seventies with James Hunt and Barry Sheene