expensive
adjective
entailing great expense; very high-priced; costly.
expensiveness
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a word derived from
expensive.
Example Sentences
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"I want to separate Rohit Bal from the House of Bal - in products as well as style, in expensiveness and expanse," Bal told Shefalee Vasudev in Mint newspaper.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
A pretext for your visit can be useful in distracting you from the single most scream-worthy fact about Switzerland: its fearsome expensiveness.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2010
As publishers recognize, its very size and expensiveness make it sell.
From Time Magazine Archive
What all these movies have in common, besides expensiveness, is an elusive "special event quality" that gets them talked about until people regard them as a must-see.
From Time Magazine Archive
Assuring her it was merely a ‘plaat’, but one that was ‘erg kostbaar’, I grasped at the analogy of the hours of the day, to do full justice to the expensiveness of the picture.
From The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland by J. Irwin Brown
