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UK
/tʃˈiːpli/
]
[ US /ˈtʃipɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈtʃipɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in a cheap manner
a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar -
with little expenditure of money
I bought this car very cheaply -
in a stingy manner
their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily
How To Use cheaply In A Sentence
- It will produce electricity more cheaply than a nuclear plant.
- The goal of rehabilitation was long ago replaced with that of warehousing, and now the only real goal is to warehouse cheaply.
- A busy owner could get to it cheaply from the UK and take it on little jaunts. Times, Sunday Times
- In these solitary regions, the cattle under the charge of our drovers subsisted themselves cheaply, by picking their food as they went along the drove-road, or sometimes by the tempting opportunity of a _start and owerloup_, or invasion of the neighbouring pasture, where an occasion presented itself. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827
- They were good blankets, of most marvellous thickness and warmth, and her pride in them was greatened in that they had been come by so cheaply. THE MASTER OF MYSTERY
- And it's true that you can eat much more cheaply if you make food yourself rather than just bung a pizza in the oven. The Sun
- Manning hoped to acquire valuable works of art as cheaply as possible.
- Section VI of the proposal covers the challenges and risks to laser weapons ... mainly that of cheaply producing large quantities of Polonium-210 (currently produced only in microgram quantities, and extremely lethal). Boing Boing
- Old bikes can be bought quite cheaply.
- The villagers showed us how they collect lontar palm juice, and distill it into an alcoholic drink either fine or rough, sold cheaply in the market for local consumption.