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| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : deer |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪər |
Definition of dearly
Origin :- Old English deorlice (see dear).
- adv extremely
- adv lovingly
- That I love you most dearly, and hate the French most damnably.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- But it was almost enough—almost, not quite, dearly as she prized it.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- He loved her dearly; but at that age her qualities were half developed.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- In fact, young Gruffyd was proud of his mother and he loved her dearly.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- I love them dearly; no people could ever be kinder to a thankless creature than they always are to me.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- So dearly do I love the scene of my poverty and your kindness.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- And if you knew how dearly loved she was, with what adoration she is still surrounded.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- In the short time we've known her we've learned to love her dearly.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- Yea, as a friend who loves you far too dearly to advise you to commit any folly.
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- I was always afraid of him, though I love him dearly, and he is very good to me.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
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