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English
Etymology
From uncostly + -ness.[1]
Noun
uncostliness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being low in cost
1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism:It must be admitted, however, that utilitarian writers in general have placed the superiority of mental over bodily pleasures chiefly in the greater permanency, safety, uncostliness, &c., of the former […] .
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References
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Unco·stly, a.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 105, column 1: “Hence Unco·stliness.”