Meaning & use

pricy

adjective·Everyday

Costing more money than is usual or expected; expensive.

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The restaurant's seafood dishes were a bit too pricy for a casual dinner.

Designer handbags can be pricy, but they often last for years.

A note on using this word

Pricy is an informal spelling variant of 'pricey'; both are acceptable, though 'pricey' is more common.

Words with a similar meaning

expensivecostly

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