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expensiveness

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ex·pen·sive  (k-spnsv)
adj.
1. Requiring a large expenditure; costly.
2. Marked by high prices: expensive stores.
ex·pensive·ly adv.
ex·pensive·ness n.
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Noun1.expensiveness - the quality of being high-priced
monetary value, price, cost - the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"
costliness, dearness, preciousness - the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
lavishness, sumptuosity, sumptuousness, luxury - the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
inexpensiveness - the quality of being affordable
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They are very different: one of them all elegance, all expensiveness, with an air of high fashion, from New York; the other a plain, pure, clear-eyed, straight-waisted, straight-stepping maiden from the heart of New England.
A Bundle of Letters by James, Henry View in context
His expensiveness is acknowledged even by himself, and his whole conduct declares that self-denial is a word hardly understood by him.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
It was horrible to haggle on such a matter, and finally Philip consented to an expensiveness which he could ill afford.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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