cheaply

C3H4E1A1P3L1Y4
/ˈt͡ʃiːpli/

adverb

In a cheap manner; without expending much money.

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

adverbcheaply (comparative more cheaply, superlative most cheaply)

comparative more cheaply · superlative most cheaply

  1. In a cheap manner; without expending much money.

    "What we are trying to demonstrate is that freight lines at lower speeds can be electrified much more cheaply. […]"

    2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “CILT report urges £50m infill electrification schemes”, in RAIL, number 979, page 8
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    When native, trees can be bought so cheaply, are so easy to grow, and such delight to the eye, so sheltersome and diverse in the colouring, it beats cockfighting that they are not utilised more in gardens and as shelter belts.

    1936, Wyn Revel, Topics for Women: Trees in a Garden

    Corporations offshore their production, because they can more cheaply produce abroad what they sell to Americans. When corporations bring their offshored production to the U.S. to sell, the goods count as imports.

    2010, Paul Craig Roberts, How the Economy Was Lost, AK Press, →ISBN, page 8
  2. broadlyball gamesFor a low score.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

adverbin a stingy manner

adverbin a cheap manner

Opposite

adverbwith little expenditure of money

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Czech levně
  • levněin a cheap manner
Danish billigt
  • billigtin a cheap manner
Finnish edullisesti, halvalla
  • edullisestiin a cheap manner
  • halvallain a cheap manner
  • halvastiin a cheap manner
German billig
  • billigin a cheap manner
Hungarian olcsón
  • olcsónin a cheap manner
Latin vīliter, salubriter
  • vīliterin a cheap manner
  • salubriterin a cheap manner
Latvian lēti
  • lētiin a cheap manner
Polish tanio
  • tanioin a cheap manner
Russian дёшево
  • дёшево (djóševo)in a cheap manner
Swedish billigt
  • billigtin a cheap manner
Ukrainian де́шево
  • де́шево (déševo)in a cheap manner

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

cheaply. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheaply

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheaply,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheaply.

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