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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] ADV → ruinosamente
ruinously expensive → carísimo, de lo más caro
ruinously
adv ruinously expensive → wahnsinnig teuer (inf)
ruinously [ˈruːɪnəslɪ] adv ruinously expensive → costosissimo/a
ruinously [ˈruːɪnəslɪ] adv ruinously expensive → costosissimo/a


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The cost of transporting him would make him ruinously expensive.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
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.
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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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