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Meanings of priciness in English

The quality of being expensive.

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        Examples for "costliness"
        Examples for "costliness"
        1
        The results were consequently very unsatisfactory, both as regards inaccuracy and costliness.
        James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
        2
        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
        4
        The alarming costliness of the gift caused talk in the green-room.
        Poor Relations
        5
        From its costliness, however, this is only desirable for small work.
        On Laboratory Arts
        1
        The wines were of characteristic expensiveness, and provoked the same general comment.
        A Sappho of Green Springs
        2
        He had transitory qualms of fear about the possible expensiveness of Helen.
        Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
        3
        All this points to an antagonism between expensiveness and artistic apparel.
        The Theory of the Leisure Class
        4
        The ratios gauge the expensiveness or cheapness of munis versus Treasuries.
        Reuters
        5
        The expensiveness of this ill-timed visit had not occurred to me at the outset.
        A Fool and His Money
        Usage of priciness in English
        1
        For many current users, the priciness might flip that now to later.
        Wired
        2
        But the priciness is partly illusory and somewhat curiously comforting, say Credit Suisse analysts.
        Reuters
        Priciness through the time