Expensively

Definition: Expensively

Expensively

Adverb

1. In an expensive manner; "an expensively dressed little man turned a corner and approached her".

Usage Frequency: Expensively

"Expensively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Expensively" is used about 98 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Expressions: Expensively

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "expensively": expensively-acquired, expensively-assembled, expensively-dressed, expensively-equipped, expensively-priced, expensively-produced.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: Expensively

Language		Translations for "expensively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		скъпо (dear, dearly). (various references)

Chinese		昂贵地. (various references)

German		teuer (beloved, costly, dear, dearly, expensive, extravagant, lovely, pricey, rich, valuable). (various references)

Greek		ακριβά (dearly). (various references)

Hebrew		ביוקר (dearly). (various references)

Korean		비싸게. (various references)

Pig Latin		expensivelyay

Spanish		costosamente. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Expensively

Derivations
	Words ending with "expensively": inexpensively. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Expensively" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: expansivity. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "Expensively"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "expensively" (pronounced e'kspe"nsivlē)
10	-k s p e" n s i v l ē	inexpensively.
7	-e" n s i v l ē	comprehensively, defensively, extensively, intensively, offensively.
5	-s i v l ē	aggressively, cohesively, compulsively, conclusively, decisively, derisively, effusively, excessively, exclusively, explosively, impassively, impressively, impulsively, inconclusively, massively, obsessively, passively, persuasively, progressively, reflexively, successively.
4	-i v l ē	accumulatively, actively, administratively, affectively, affirmatively, alternatively, appreciatively, assertively, attentively, attractively, authoritatively, collectively, comparatively, competitively, consecutively, conservatively, constructively, cooperatively, creatively, cumulatively, deceptively, definitively, distinctively, effectively, exhaustively, figuratively, furtively, imaginatively, instinctively, intuitively, legislatively, negatively, objectively, positively, preemptively, productively, prohibitively, prospectively, protectively, provocatively, qualitatively, relatively, respectively, retroactively, retrospectively, seductively, selectively, sensitively, substantively, tentatively.
3	-v l ē	bravely, gravely, lively, lovely, naively, plaintively, quantitatively.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: Expensively

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-l-n-p-s-v-x-y"
	-2 letters: expensive, pensively.
	-4 letters: elevens, expense, pensile, pensive, spleeny, sylvine, vespine, vixenly, xylenes, yeelins.
	-5 letters: eleven, enisle, ensile, envies, evenly, exiles, exines, expels, ilexes, levees, levies, levins, linsey, livens, lynxes, lysine, nieves, peeves, pelves, pelvis, penile, pensee, pensil, pixels, pyxies, senile, sexily, silvex, sleepy, sleeve, snivel, spinel, spleen, spline, sylvin, vexils, vinyls, vixens, xylene.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-l-n-p-s-v-x-y"
	+2 letters: inexpensively.
	+3 letters: inexpressively.
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