cost-effectively

adverb

In a cost-effective manner.

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Meanings

adverb
  1. In a cost-effective manner.

    BR needed to replace these trains, cost-effectively.

    2024 August 21, Pip Dunn, “When Sprinters left the starting blocks”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 46

Origin

From cost-effective + -ly.

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APA

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

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“cost-effectively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cost-effectively. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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