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unˈcostly, a.
[un-1 7. Cf. MDu. oncostelijc, -lic, Du. onkostelijk, MLG. unkostlik.]
Inexpensive.
1638Junius Paint. Ancients 52 Making a very fine and uncostly shew. 1651Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year i. xv. 186 A mans spirit is naturally carelesse of baser and uncostly materials. 1798Poetry Anti-Jacobin No. 15. 76 Uncostly cabbage springs from cabbage seed. 1837Lockhart Scott (1839) VII. 384 A volume every second month in this new and uncostly form. 1893J. W. Barry Stud. Corsica 204 The simple, primitive, and uncostly type that one sees at Pompeii.
Hence unˈcostliness.
1861Mill Utilit. ii. 11 The greater permanency, safety, uncostliness,..of the former [pleasures]. |