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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•pen•sive /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - requiring great expense;
costing a lot of money:an expensive party.
ex•pen•sive•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•pen•sive (ik spen′siv),USA pronunciation adj. - entailing great expense;
very high-priced;
costly:an expensive party.
ex•pen′sive•ly, adv. ex•pen′sive•ness, n. Expensive, costly, dear, high-priced apply to something that is high in price. Expensive is applied to whatever entails considerable expense; it suggests a price more than the average person would normally be able to pay or a price paid only for something special:an expensive automobile.Costly implies that the price is a large sum, usually because of the fineness, preciousness, etc., of the object:a costly jewel.Dear is commonly applied in England to something that is selling beyond its usual or just price. In the U.S., high-priced is the usual equivalent. |