inexpensively

adverb

as in cheaply

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Recent Examples of inexpensively While secondary payloads can fly with many launch providers, none offer transportation as frequently or inexpensively as SpaceX rideshare. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026 To this new arena of few big, let alone original, hits; to a place where expensive corporatized storytelling could hold no candle to the quick-turn, inexpensively made short videos young people watched or the quick-turn, inexpensively made long podcasts older people listened to. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025 Second, California doesn’t build anything inexpensively and efficiently. — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025 It can either be managed inexpensively in doctors’ offices and clinics — or at orders of magnitude greater expense in ERs and hospitals. — Eric Snoey, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025 Alternatives to money transfer apps Mobile apps like Wise and Remitly have emerged to enable users to transfer funds quickly and inexpensively via a user-friendly interface. — Andreina Rodriguez,maya Benjamin, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025 The idea is to prepare educators more quickly and inexpensively. — Gail Richmond, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2025 That seemingly small temperature difference, along with other features of the YBCO, will permit much smaller magnets that could be manufactured more quickly and inexpensively, according to Commonwealth. — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexpensively
  1. cheaply
  2. economically
  3. poorly
  4. frugally
  5. sparingly
Adverb
  • Learn quickly enough, and cheaply enough, to decide based on evidence rather than optimism.
    — Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • China’s energy resilience and its ability to quickly and cheaply produce goods for other nations have helped buffer some of the economic impact from the war in Iran.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Definition of cheaply
Adverb
  • The mid- and late 1970s were a tough time to come of age economically.
    — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2026
  • The question is if software can make human advice fast enough, accessible enough, and economically efficient enough to compete for a much larger share of $11 trillion in travel spend?
    — Jacques Ledbetter, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of economically
Adverb
  • Guardrails, if installed incorrectly or poorly maintained, can kill, rather than save, motorists who crash into them.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
  • Platform-first planning privileges novelty, frequency and short-term engagement—signals that are easy to measure but often poorly aligned with where wealth and decision authority truly reside.
    — Ray Lansigan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of poorly
Adverb
  • The family lived frugally, Ferguson said, since Good’s partner sold a company and didn’t work as Good attended graduate school online.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Perdue has lived a double life—having access to immense privilege and money from two business empires, while holding down a regular job and living frugally.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of frugally
Adverb
  • Baking soda can help prevent powdery mildew, kill weeds, repel slugs, and clean produce, but must be used sparingly.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
  • Portable units with a single hose should be used sparingly, according to the University of Oregon wildfire smoke center.
    — Devi Shastri, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of sparingly

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