costly

«costly» in Mova's school dictionary: costing a lot of money; expensive — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (costly, costlier, costliest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Costly means costing a lot of money; expensive. tree →

2) Costly means causing a big loss or harm: «a costly mistake». tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and money problems it means a high price. In sports and stories a costly mistake leads to losing something important. Phrases: «a costly mistake», «prove costly».

examples

• The new bike was too costly for us. tree →
• Missing the penalty was a costly mistake. tree →
• Repairing the roof will be costly. tree →
• Which is more costly, 3 pens at 2 dollars or 1 book at 5 dollars? tree →
• Leaving the lights on is costly. tree →
• The delay proved costly for the team. tree →
• He already possessed a costly block of that stone. tree →

note

Looks like an adverb (-ly) but is an adjective: «a costly trip». Comparison: costlier, costliest (or more costly). Similar: expensive, dear (UK).

In the corpora

• A dilemma is a situation where every choice has something wrong or costly about it.
• Whistle-blowers can lose friends, and adults can lose their jobs, so speaking up can be costly.
• And the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with hewn stone.
• And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
• And above were costly stones, after the measure of hewn stones, and cedar-wood.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «costly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.