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CHEAPLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With little expenditure of money

Example:

I bought this car very cheaply

Synonyms:

cheaply; inexpensively

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

cheap (relatively low in price or charging low prices)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a cheap manner

Example:

a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar

Synonyms:

cheaply; inexpensively; tattily

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

expensively (in an expensive manner)

Pertainym:

cheap (relatively low in price or charging low prices)

Sense 3

Meaning:

In a stingy manner

Example:

their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily

Synonyms:

cheaply; chintzily; stingily

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

cheap (embarrassingly stingy)

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