uncostly
- a word derived from costly.
Example Sentences
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In 112 extremely uncostly frames on the wall were the coffin-plates of the departed members of the family.
From Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned by Seton, Ernest Thompson
As for a mere "change of scene," that's quite uncostly.'
From The Return by De la Mare, Walter
It is this uncostly gentleness of bearing which gives a winning impression of the whole people, whatever selfishness or real discourtesy lie beneath it.
From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean
It bore that air of uncostly refinement which is one of the most pleasing outward features of the aloof civilization to which it, though not the Callenders, belonged.
From Kincaid's Battery by Kimball, Alonzo
They are uncostly, plain, and humble, showing the unostentatious mind of the great man.
From Journal of a Voyage across the Atlantic by Moore, George
