Meaning of costlily | Babel Free

Definitions

In a costly manner.

Examples

“The assembly was wonderfully great; young Knights costlily armed and adorned, and Infantas who were King’s daughters, and Damsels of high degree, for whom their lovers were about to make pastime and pleasure.”

“Scarcely had these movements been accomplished, ere a costlily arrayed knight appeared before them, and by the mouth of the squire who accompanied him, demanded admission.”

“The newly arrived leader—Gonzelli—formed outwardly a complete contrast to the armed men about his brother, as well as to his brother also.—The latter was armed, and costlily.”

“[…] during an early hour on a fine summer’s morn, a stranger costlily appareled, and accompanied by two mounted domestics, galloped violently, into a frontier town.”

“Now, in this, as in every thing else, there is a medium, and I suspect that in breeding so costlily and carefully, we are overstepping the bounds of moderation, and unfitting our stock to bear the vicissitudes of climate and a medium degree of exposure, encouraging their growth by over-nursing, with a view to create a fine coat and delicacy of handling.”

“They are costlily dressed in gold and rich stuffs, their girdles richly set with jewels, on their heads are suns and other ornaments of gold wire, and on their limbs costly trappings and fringes of the kind called Dídereí, and Dehdehí; another kind used to be worn by Persian Shátirs.”

“The question was quite another Schleswig-Holstein question, not more quickly but less costlily determined.”

“The walls above the stalls might be painted, or papered, or panelled, or (still preferably) covered with hangings, varying according to the season of the Church year, and, if the means of the household permit it, of rich stuff, and costlily embroidered.”

“[…] I conclude that as “decent and comely” in the former case includes what is most elaborately and costlily carved, so in the other case “decent and meet” must, by analogy include what is most elaborately and costlily worked, i.e., if you please, “embroidered.””

“[…] the result is a costlily decorated octagonal chamber, with a fine concave roof, measuring from 35 to 40 feet in diameter.”

“And the sparrows are even more lovable—just as, believe it or not, they are even more costlily destructive—than squirrels.”

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