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ruinously

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ru·in·ous  (r-ns)
adj.
1. Causing or apt to cause ruin; destructive.
2. Falling to ruin; dilapidated or decayed.

ruin·ous·ly adv.
ruin·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.ruinously - in a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree; "ruinously high wages"
Translations
ruinously [ˈruːɪnəslɪ] ADVruinosamente
ruinously expensivecarísimo, de lo más caro
ruinously
adv ruinously expensivewahnsinnig teuer (inf)
ruinously [ˈruːɪnəslɪ] adv ruinously expensivecostosissimo/a


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The cost of transporting him would make him ruinously expensive.
He is of most expensive, ruinously expensive habits; and if, in a moment of caprice and wilfulness, he were to marry this young lady, and so deprive himself of the means of gratifying the tastes to which he has been so long accustomed, he would--my dear madam, he would break the gentle creature's heart.
On the long lines, where it had to be as thick as a lead pencil, the expense seemed to be ruinously great.
 
 
 
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