Cost″ly (k?st″l?; 115), a.
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.
To show how costly summer was at hand.
Shak.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Cost″ly (k?st″l?; 115), a.
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.
To show how costly summer was at hand.
Shak.