cheaplyadv.
/ˈtʃiːpli/, U.S. /ˈtʃipli/ 1. At a low price, at a cheap rate, at small cost. literal and figurative.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [adverb] > cheaply
eathly?c1225
good cheap1420
a good pennyworth1466
cheaply1552
cheap1569
affordably1775
on the cheap1859
keenly1928
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Cheapely, viliter.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. xi. 3 So great a day as this is cheapely bought. View more context for this quotation
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 86 One may almost as cheaply and easily rig out a Ship.
1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. Pref. p. vi The antiquarian..is more cheaply pleased than a common reader.
1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 87 We ought not to get books too cheaply.
1885 R. A. Proctor How to play 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.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adverb]
coarsely1548
slighta1616
at a discount1798
cheaply1822
1822 Q. Rev. 28 44 Holding the Protestants thus cheaply.
1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 95 A tendency to hold cheaply by Holy Scripture.
1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Apr. 6/1 St. Paul..treating rather cheaply the pretensions of this church at Jerusalem.
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