Crossword clues for costlier
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: costly)
WordNet
See costly
adj. entailing great loss or sacrifice; "a dearly-won victory" [syn: dearly-won]
having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant" [syn: dear(p), high-priced, pricey, pricy]
Usage examples of "costlier".
An endless campaign, successive defeats followed by even costlier victories.
It was the response to the Liberty Loan over again and in far costlier form--for this--and they knew it--was to cost them their lives.
The second component is the mechanical work required to manufacture the thing: the more physical energy went into building a thing, the costlier it is.
Crispinus to wheel his purse into the market for the purchase of a costlier mullet!
York Times DRUG PERIL CLAIMED -Miarni Herald BIG PROFIT FOUND IN TRANQUILIZERS Chlorpromazine 6 Times Costlier in U.
Economically and rationally, we should expect that the costlier a work of art is to produce and the narrower its market - the more emphasized its intellectual property rights.