costly
adjective
costing much; expensive; high in price.
costlier
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comparativeof costly.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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She wants them to move to the Boston Seaport or Cambridge, but both areas are costlier than Cam can afford.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
If more people use AI large-language models for search, that could reduce Google’s income and make it harder and costlier to fund its AI ambitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Along with making those companies’ borrowing costlier, it raises a bigger question: How much more expensive can financing get before it starts to slow the AI build-out?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Higher mortgage rates make it costlier for builders to buy forward commitments from lenders, which is an agreement to buy mortgages in bulk at a below-market rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
But they bowed to Sproul’s judgment that losing Lawrence would be even costlier, and voted to cover all the annual operating and maintenance costs that Lawrence had budgeted for the Rad Lab.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
