IPA Transcription of "costly" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “costly” is /ˈkɑstli/.

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costly

Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/ˈkɔstliː/
English (United Kingdom)/kɒstliː/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈkɒstlɪ/

Lemmas

  • cost/ˈkɔst/ /ˈkɑst/

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Items

  • CostlyWikimedia disambiguation page
  • Costlyalbum by Ghost Ship (band)

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