EGAVE

dearly

About 2.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb In a dear or precious manner.
    the funeral of our dearly beloved sister
  2. adverb In a dear or expensive manner.
    a dearly priced item
  3. adverb At great expense; dear.
    He paid dearly for his mistake.
  4. adverb This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Similar words

affectionately in a heartfelt way tenderly beloved kindly expensive strongly softly heavily sincerely

Often followed by

for loved beloved bought love as and purchased in

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