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overcostly

overcostly adjective: too costly.

Adjective

overcostly (comparative more overcostly, superlative most overcostly)

  1. Too costly.
    • Philosophy hath indeed armed man for the enduring of all other accidents, whether with patience, or if it be overcostly to be found, with an infallible defeat in conveying her selfe altogether from the sense[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    • This doubtless that that they ought to bee many and overcostly, no true Protestant will affirme.1641 May, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC...

Forms of overcostly

comparativemore overcostly
superlativemost overcostly

Origin of overcostly

From over- + costly.

Questions about overcostly

What does overcostly mean?
Overcostly means too costly.
What part of speech is overcostly?
Overcostly is an adjective.

Words near overcostly in the dictionary

  1. overcorrector
  2. overcorrectors
  3. overcorrects
  4. overcosseted
  5. overcost
  6. overcostly
  7. overcosts
  8. overcount
  9. overcounted
  10. overcounting
  11. overcounts

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