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Meanings of costliness in English

The quality possessed by something with a great price or value.

The quality of being expensive.

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Examples for "expensiveness"
Examples for "expensiveness"
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The wines were of characteristic expensiveness, and provoked the same general comment.
A Sappho of Green Springs
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He had transitory qualms of fear about the possible expensiveness of Helen.
Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
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All this points to an antagonism between expensiveness and artistic apparel.
The Theory of the Leisure Class
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The ratios gauge the expensiveness or cheapness of munis versus Treasuries.
Reuters
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The expensiveness of this ill-timed visit had not occurred to me at the outset.
A Fool and His Money
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For many current users, the priciness might flip that now to later.
Wired
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But the priciness is partly illusory and somewhat curiously comforting, say Credit Suisse analysts.
Reuters
Usage of costliness in English
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The results were consequently very unsatisfactory, both as regards inaccuracy and costliness.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
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This room was an exquisite combination of costliness and comfort,-Luxuryat home.
The Parisians — Complete
3
It signifies this even in costliness; but in form it signifies infinitely more.
Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life
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The alarming costliness of the gift caused talk in the green-room.
Poor Relations
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From its costliness, however, this is only desirable for small work.
On Laboratory Arts
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And each family tried to outdo the rest in the costliness of their parties.
Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back ...
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Productions in gold and ivory, from the costliness of these objects, were extremely rare.
Early European History
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On the other hand, mere costliness does not constitute the soul of a present.
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
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The costliness of books was a great refiner of literature.
The Function of the Poet, and Other Essays
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Their costliness therefore, lay in those additions which they received from the king's charge.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
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But equally, they all seemed quite unconscious of their costliness.
Clayhanger
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Every window was a miracle of taste, refinement, and costliness.
The Lion's Share
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For its costliness-andthoroughness-itcould have been Houphouët's Taj Mahal.
The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
14
Each one exceeded the other in splendor and costliness.
Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
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One lies in its costliness: the average couple cannot afford a double establishment, even temporarily.
In Defense of Women
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There was no affectation of costliness about the rooms, but a wonderful accumulation of comfort.
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 07
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