spendy
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Definition of spendy
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Synonyms & Antonyms for spendy
Synonyms
big-ticket, costly, dear, expensive, extravagant, high, high-end, high-ticket, precious, premium, priceless, pricey (also pricy), ultraexpensive, valuable
Antonyms
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Examples of spendy in a Sentence
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There are all those airline branded credit cards, there's cargo, and then of course those spendy seats at the front of the plane. — NBC News, "What you really need to know about those cheap airfares," 10 Aug. 2019 The crowd is split between spendy sushi fanatics, and savvy sushi fanatics. — Krista Simmons, Condé Nast Traveler, "15 Best Sushi Restaurants in Los Angeles," 27 Feb. 2018 Clayman has also seen spouses, spooked by the current economic instability, tuck away money from their more spendy partners, stashing it in secret accounts. — Blake Miller, Redbook, "Are You or Your Partner Committing Financial Infidelity?," 21 Jan. 2012 Salmon is still pretty spendy (and the heartbreaking Copper River fishing closure likely won't help that), but whole halibut has been a decent deal, at just around $10 a pound at local seafood markets. — Anchorage Daily News, "How Alaska Eats: Make the historic Alaska cocktail (and other local food notes)," 15 June 2018 Photographer: Ryan Segedi, Prop Stylist: Chloe Daley Year and Day's dinnerware is nice enough to make a stack of Triscuits look like a meal—without being too spendy. — Matt Sebra, GQ, "You Could Use a Style Upgrade," 10 Apr. 2018 Thomajan had been at the helm of the 84-year-old store for 58 years, selling spendy suits to a client list most stores would covet. — BostonGlobe.com, "The week in business," 10 Mar. 2018 Full-price plays are spendy, but the festival offers flex passes, family days and $5 tickets for people with Oregon Trail cards. — OregonLive.com, "Here's your guide to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2018 season," 17 Feb. 2018 Over 29 million of the spendy sensations have been sold since the brand launched in the 1980s—but until this year, every single one of those dolls has been a girl. — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, "American Girl Announces Boy," 16 Feb. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spendy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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