Meaning & use
pricey
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Expensive, especially more than expected.
See it in a sentence
The restaurant's seafood was delicious but a bit pricey.
Flights get pricey during the holiday season.
A note on using this word
An informal alternative to 'expensive,' common in casual speech and writing but avoided in formal contexts.
Words with a similar meaning
expensivecostly
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Words with an opposite meaning
cheapaffordable
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