a. [ From Cost expense. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Of great cost; expensive; dear. [ 1913 Webster ]
He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Gorgeous; sumptuous. [ Poetic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
To show how costly summer was at hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]