costly

Modifying Another Word

• prohibitively: By 1812 only one volume of Willan's Cutaneous Diseases had appeared as the colored engravings were proving prohibitively costly.
• disproportionately: Yes, and vise versa if you request a replacement and this is " disproportionately costly " .
• potentially: Climate change is therefore likely to have considerable and potentially costly implications for the UK.
• extremely: However, getting an ECO scheme wrong can be extremely costly.
• too: All three of these options are possible, however the first option would probably be far too costly.
• excessively: Are central banks likely to err on the side of excessively costly or cumbersome systems?

Infinitive complement

• administer: Book prizes are the least costly to administer, because literary judges are the least well paid and work from home.
• rectify: This process is designed to prevent misunderstandings, which may prove costly to rectify.
• implement: Consequently, the demonstration of devices is less costly to implement at a national level.
• maintain: These are the least bureaucratic EI practices, and are the least costly to maintain.
• replace: Make sure Quickclear heated front screen isn't damaged as they're costly to replace.
• fix: Brakes take a beating and are costly to fix, so check they work properly.

Modifies a noun

• mistake: This is a costly mistake I have seen several clients fall foul of in recent times.
• litigation: They embrace provisions which have many times proved a fruitful source of costly litigation.
• downtime: Regular scanner maintenance is a sure way to minimize costly downtime.
• duplication: This process replaces internal 'approved vendor lists ' and eliminates costly duplication in pre-qualifying suppliers.
• repercussion: Recommend trying out have costly repercussions after that there what sort of.
• blunder: A couple of years ago he used to mar his performances with a costly blunder every now and again.

Used with adjective complement

• prove: Just like last week's game, missed free throws proved costly in both halves of the match.

Preposition: in

• term: But it will be costly in terms of time and money.