costlily
costlily adverb: in a costly manner.
Adverb
costlily (comparative more costlily, superlative most costlily)
- In a costly manner.
- The assembly was wonderfully great; young Knights costlily armed and adorned, and Infantas who were King’s daughters, and Damsels of high degree, for whom their lovers were about to make pastime and pleasure.1803, Vasco Lobeira; [Robert Southey, transl.], chapter 32, in Amadis of Gaul, volume I, London: […] N[athaniel] Biggs, […], for T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], page 255
- Scarcely had these movements been accomplished, ere a costlily arrayed knight appeared before them, and by the mouth of the squire who accompanied him, demanded admission.1827, Stories of Chivalry and Romance, London: […] Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, page 43
Examples of costlily in a sentence
- The newly arrived leader—Gonzelli—formed outwardly a complete contrast to the armed men about his brother, as well as to his brother also.—The latter was armed, and costlily.1832, [Thomas Arnold], Dramatic Stories, volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], page 158:
- […] during an early hour on a fine summer’s morn, a stranger costlily appareled, and accompanied by two mounted domestics, galloped violently, into a frontier town.1836, [Frederic Mansel Reynolds], The Parricide. A Domestic Romance., volume II, London: Thomas Hookham, […], page 311:
- The question was quite another Schleswig-Holstein question, not more quickly but less costlily determined.1848, “The Isle of Man: its History, Physical, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Legendary. By the Rev. Joseph George Cumming, […].”, in The...
- […] the result is a costlily decorated octagonal chamber, with a fine concave roof, measuring from 35 to 40 feet in diameter.1866, Mrs. W[illia]m Pitt Byrne [i.e., Julia Clara Byrne], Cosas de España: Illustrative of Spain and the Spaniards as they are, volume I...
Forms of costlily
| comparative | more costlily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most costlily |
Origin of costlily
From costly + -ly.
Questions about costlily
- What does costlily mean?
- Costlily means in a costly manner.
- How do you use costlily in a sentence?
- The newly arrived leader—Gonzelli—formed outwardly a complete contrast to the armed men about his brother, as well as to his brother also.—The latter was armed, and costlily.
- What part of speech is costlily?
- Costlily is an adverb.
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