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cheaply, adv.|ˈtʃiːplɪ|
[f. cheap a. + -ly2.]
1. At a low price, at a cheap rate, at small cost. lit. and fig.
1552Huloet Cheapely, viliter. 1605Shakes. Macb. v. viii. 37 So great a day as this is cheapely bought. 1659Gentl. Call. (1696) 81 One may almost as cheaply and easily rig out a Ship. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) I. Pref. 3 The antiquary..is more cheaply pleased than a common reader. 1868Ruskin Pol. Econ. Art ii. 87 We ought not to get books too cheaply. 1885Proctor Whist iv. 58 The fourth player's duty is usually but to win the trick if he can, and as cheaply as he can.
2. In low esteem, lightly, slightingly.
1822Q. Rev. XXVIII. 44 Holding the Protestants thus cheaply. 1865Pusey Eiren. 95 A tendency to hold cheaply by Holy Scripture. 1885Manch. Exam. 6 Apr. 6/1 St. Paul..treating rather cheaply the pretensions of this church at Jerusalem. |