"costly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

costly adjetivo

costly + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 119

costly mistake • costly war • costly battle • costly program • costly process • ...

verbo + costly

Kolokacji: 4

prove costly • become costly • grow costly • consider costly

adverbio + costly

Kolokacji: 19

most costly • extremely costly • potentially costly • far more costly • increasingly costly • ...

Kolokacji: 2

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

Kolokacji: 14

1. most costly = najkosztowniejszy most costly

2. potentially costly = potencjalnie kosztowny potentially costly

3. far more costly = dużo więcej kosztowny far more costly

4. increasingly costly = coraz bardziej kosztowny increasingly costly

5. relatively costly = stosunkowo kosztowny relatively costly

6. prohibitively costly = niewspółmiernie kosztowny prohibitively costly

7. politically costly = politycznie kosztowny politically costly

8. particularly costly = szczególnie kosztowny particularly costly

9. enormously costly = ogromnie kosztowny enormously costly

10. energetically costly = energicznie kosztowny energetically costly

Some of these traits also represent energetically costly investments for the animals that bear them.
Migration being energetically costly has been studied in the context of life-history strategies.
Reproduction is energetically costly to the male.
Calling is postulated to be energetically costly to anurans in general.
The scarcity of food makes fighting energetically costly, so encounters between males usually only involve display.
Though this might seem energetically costly, the worms' presence in an animal's digestive system means they never want for food.
Although this process is energetically costly is it crucial to their survival in hypoxic waters.
The traits that are selected for, may be energetically costly to maintain and may cause increased predation.
Harems can prove energetically costly for both males and females.
All animals must forage for food in order to meet their energetic needs, but doing so is energetically costly.

11. incredibly costly = niewiarygodnie kosztowny incredibly costly

12. terribly costly = szalenie kosztowny terribly costly

13. immensely costly = ogromnie kosztowny immensely costly

14. hugely costly = ogromnie kosztowny hugely costly

(2) extremely, exceedingly

Kolokacji: 2

(3) excessively, extraordinarily, fairly

Kolokacji: 3

costly + preposición

Kolokacji: 3

costly for • costly to • costly in

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