spendier; spendiest
chiefly Northwestern US : expensive

Examples of spendy in a Sentence

Seattle is generally credited with transforming coffee from a workaday drink to a trendy and spendy beverage.
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The spendy options run from the eponymous Italian dishes of dressed fish to uni taco bites, caviar nachos and prawns a la plancha. Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024 No airbags, anti-lock brakes, shoulder belts, cruise control or air conditioning (likely a spendy option). William Roberson, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 For those working behind the scenes, Amazon’s sprawling, stunning and spendy fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is marked by a secrecy not unlike the clandestine creation of the titular gold bands in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world. Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2024 Forget the spendy option and get a seriously great affordable smartphone instead. Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spendy 

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of spendy was in 1984

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“Spendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spendy. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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