overcostly

From over- +‎ costly.

overcostly (comparative more overcostly, superlative most overcostly)

1. Too costly. [from 16th c.]
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Philosophy hath indeed armed man for the enduring of all other accidents, whether with patience, or if it be overcostly to be found, with an infallible defeat in conveying her selfe altogether from the sense […].

   • 1641 May, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavses that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC, page 52; republished in (Please provide a date or year):

     This doubtless that that they ought to bee many and overcostly, no true Protestant will affirme.