expensively
AdverbWordNet 3.0
Adverb (1)
- in an expensive manner“an expensively dressed little man turned a corner and approached her”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Expensive \Ex*pen"sive\, a.
1.Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. [1913 Webster]
War is expensive, and peace desirable.— Burke.[1913 Webster]
2.Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad sense: extravagant; lavish. [R.] [1913 Webster]
An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness.— Sprat.[1913 Webster]
The idle and expensive are dangerous.— Sir W. Temple.
Syn: Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant. -- Ex*pen"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*pen"sive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]