Definition of Expensiveness

1. Noun. The quality of being high-priced.

Generic synonyms: Cost, Monetary Value, Price
Specialized synonyms: Costliness, Dearness, Preciousness, Lavishness, Luxury, Sumptuosity, Sumptuousness
Derivative terms: Expensive
Antonyms: Inexpensiveness

Definition of Expensiveness

1. Noun. The state of being expensive; entailing great expense. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expensiveness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Expensiveness

expending
expenditures
expends
expense account
expense record
expensed
expenseful
expenseless
expenses
expensing
expensive
expensive drunk
expensively
expensiveness (current term)
expensivenesses
experienc't
experience
experience is the best teacher
experience point
experience points
experienceable
experienced
experiencedly
experienceless
experiencer
experiencers
experiences
experiencewise

Literary usage of Expensiveness

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

1. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"At one and the same time, they shew that love of expensiveness, so universal among the Greeks, and an inclination to the Dutch frugality. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Telegraph and Telephone Companies: Including by Sidney Walter Jones (1916)
"Same continued—expensiveness of easement. 104. Same continued—new use of the easement 105. Same continued—upholding same—on highways same rule. 106. ..."

3. An Enquiry Into the Duties of Men in the Higher and Middle Classes of by Thomas Gisborne (1824)
"There is yet another subject to which I have already had occasion briefly to advert,— the expensiveness of Elections, particularly if contested. ..."

4. The Great Harmonia: Being a Philosophical Revelation of the Natural by Andrew Jackson Davis (1865)
"... expensiveness OF ERROR IN RELIGION, "When from the lips of truth one mighty breath Shall, like a whirlwind, scatter in its breeze The whole dark pile of ..."

5. The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton by Sir Egerton Brydges (1834)
"... his occasional enjoyments derived from literature—His neighbours not literary—expensiveness of his establishment—" Castle Rack-rent"—Infatuation—These ..."

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