Costly
Pronunciation : Cost"ly (kst"l; 115)
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [From Cost expense.]
Definition : 1. Of great cost; expensive; dear. He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. Prescott.
2. Gorgeous; sumptuous. [Poetic.] To show how costly summer was at hand. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913