Lexic.us

Definition of Cheaply

1. Adverb. In a stingy manner. "Their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily"

2. Adverb. In a cheap manner. "A cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar"

3. Adverb. With little expenditure of money. "I bought this car very cheaply"

Definition of Cheaply

1. adv. At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferior manner.

Definition of Cheaply

1. Adverb. In a cheap manner; without expending much money. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cheaply

1. in a cheap manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheaply

cheapened cheapener cheapeners cheapening cheapens cheaper cheaper by the dozen cheapest cheapie cheapies

cheaping cheapish cheapishly cheapjack cheapjacks cheaply (current term) cheapness cheapnesses cheapo cheapos

cheaps cheapshot cheapshots cheapskate cheapskates cheapstead cheapy chear cheare chearful

Literary usage of Cheaply

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Bernstein 1971 reminds us that cheap is an adverb as well as cheaply. The adverb cheap is most frequently found in contexts ..."

2. My Life and Work by Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther (1922)
"CHAPTER X How cheaply CAN THINGS BE MADE? NO ONE will deny that if prices are sufficiently low, buyers will always be found, no matter what are supposed to ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1891)
"... as in .so many other -ity will prove the mother of invention. When the r can lie cheaply produced in large quantities, there is little ..."

4. The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best by Lindley Murray (1817)
"... are cheaply supplied; And the rest are but folly and caie. The many their labors employ ! Since all that is truly delightful iu life, How vainly, ..."

5. Dictionary of Historical Allusions by Harbottle, Thomas Benfield, d. 1904 (1904)
"more cheaply than they could purchase from the Government. Amending bills were consequently introduced to prevent these evasions. ..."

6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1845)
"... a larger supply of water for the Pennsylvania canal, was easily and cheaply effected by repairing the dam at Duncan's Island. hundred and twelve miles, ..."

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