Word Meanings - COSTLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. To show how costly summer was at hand. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COSTLY)

• Dear
• High-priced
• costly
• expensive
• beloved
• precious
• loved
• Expensive
• Costly
• valuable
• rich
• high-priced
• dear
• extravagant
• Gorgeous
• Magnificent
• splendid
• superb
• grand
• strong
• Precious
• cherished
• treasured
• estimable
• of great value
• Rich
• Wealthy
• opulent
• affluent
• abundant
• generous
• productive
• copious
• fertile
• fruitful
• high-flavored
• luscious
• oleaginous
• vivid
• deep
• bright
• gorgeous

Related words: (words related to COSTLY)

• MAGNIFICENTLY
  In a Magnificent manner.
• LOVAGE
  An umbelliferous plant , sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant. (more info) indigenous to Liguria, lovage, from Ligusticus Ligustine, Ligurian,
• LOVING
  1. Affectionate. The fairest and most loving wife in Greece. Tennyson. 2. Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.
• BRIGHT
  See I
• SPLENDIDIOUS
  Splendid.
• GRANDEUR
  The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye.
• GORGEOUS
  Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak. -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n. (more info) luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff,
• VALUABLENESS
  The quality of being valuable.
• CHERISHMENT
  Encouragement; comfort. Rich bounty and dear cherishment. Spenser.
• GREAT-HEARTED
  1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
• GREAT-GRANDFATHER
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• GRANDEESHIP
  The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne.
• LOVERWISE
  As lovers do. As they sat down here loverwise. W. D. Howells.
• GRANDMA; GRANDMAMMA
  A grand mother.
• TREASURER
  One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper authority;
• AFFLUENTNESS
  Great plenty.
• GRANDUNCLE
  father's or mother's uncle.
• LOVELILY
  In manner to excite love; amiably. Otway.
• TREASURERSHIP
  The office of treasurer.
• STRONGYLOID
  Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.
• SELF-LOVE
  The love of one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage. Shak. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. Pope. Syn. -- Selfishness. -- Self-love, Selfishness. The term self-love is used
• INGREAT
  To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby.
• ARCHTREASURER
  A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire.
• CLOVEN
  from Cleave, v. t. To show the cloven foot or hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.
• CONGENEROUS
  Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. Sir T. Browne. -- Con*gen"er*ous*ness, n. Hallywell.
• UNFRUITFUL
  Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. -- Un*fruit"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*fruit"ful*ness, n.