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How to pronounce “costly”
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Pronunciation guide for costly
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of costly with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How fear drives American politics
we've come out of a Cold War in which it was too costly to fight a nuclear war,
- Definition summary
- Of high cost; expensive.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce costly
How fear drives American politics

we've come out of a Cold War in which it was too costly to fight a nuclear war,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “costly”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Of high cost; expensive.
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