Read full poem →Consuming what a few spare pence
Have cheaply bought, to fling from hence
In idly-asked petition.
Dictionary Entry
At a low price or cost; in a way that does not cost much money.
In a Sentence
“She managed to buy a beautiful dress cheaply during the summer sale.”
Origin
From Middle English 'chepe' (market, trade) combined with the adverbial suffix '-ly'.
Common Phrases
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “cheaply”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Wiped all the tears of three campaigns away.
Blood, rapines, massacres, were cheaply bought,
So mighty recompense your beauty brought.
Read full poem →Thus life, with loss of wealth, is well preserv'd,
And virtue cheaply say'd, with loss of life.
Read full poem →But not for my presaging thought,
Dream conquest sure, or cheaply bought!
Lord Marmion, I say nay: