Ex‐pen″sive (?), a. 1. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.
War is expensive, and peace desirable. Burke.
2. Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad sense: extravagant; lavish.
An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness. Sprat.
The idle and expensive are dangerous. Sir W. Temple.
Syn. — Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant.
— Ex‐pen″sive‐ly, adv. — Ex‐pen″sive‐ness, n.