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Definition of "pricy" [pricy]

  • Variant of pricey. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pricy" in a sentence
  • "And, fifth, those infamous commodities for which many developing countries are known will remain pricy."
  • "Good knives can be pricy, which is one reason Rich Menefee developed an affordable, professional line he says is equivalent to the major German brands."
  • "There's a library edition CD from Recorded Books, here (kind of pricy, but they do nice work) and you can download the same version as a sound file from Audible, here."