uncostlyadj.
Inexpensive.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [adjective] > cheap > inexpensive
reasonable1585
uncostly1638
unexpensive1642
expenseless1644
affordable1647
frugal1783
inexpensive1837
low-cost1885
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 52 Making a very fine and uncostly shew.
1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xv. 186 A mans spirit is naturally carelesse of baser and uncostly materials.
1798 Anti-Jacobin 19 Feb. 119/2 Uncostly Cabbage springs from Cabbage-seed.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) VII. 384 A volume every second month in this new and uncostly form.
1893 J. W. Barry Stud. in Corsica 204 The simple, primitive, and uncostly type that one sees at Pompeii.
Derivatives
unˈcostliness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [noun] > cheapness > inexpensiveness
unexpensiveness1825
uncostliness1861
inexpensiveness1864
affordability1910
1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism in Fraser's Mag. Oct. ii. 395/2 The greater permanency, safety, uncostliness,..of the former [pleasures].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
adj.1638