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Dearly   /dˈɪrli/   Listen
adverb
Dearly  adv.  
1.
In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly.
2.
At a high rate or price; grievously. "He buys his mistress dearly with his throne."
3.
Exquisitely. (Obs.)





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"Dearly" Quotes from Famous Books



... is not known that he had fulfilled his threat in any way. Every man clings to life and honor as long as he can. Therefore the rector persists in his denial. My poor, dear Mette! She is lost to me for this life at least, just as I had learned to love her so dearly. ...
— The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations • Julian Hawthorne
... a castle where the custom was for every guest to joust. He was accommodated with a shield, and rode forth to meet his antagonist. So fierce was the encounter that both the combatants were slain, but Balin lived just long enough to learn that his antagonist was his dearly beloved brother Balan, and both were buried in one tomb.—Sir T. Malory, History of ...
— Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 - A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook • The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
... little kid dearly, and she seemed to go to it for comfort. I do not know that she cared much for anything else. The Lord King was the one for gathering curious animals of all sorts. He had three leopards in the Tower, and ...
— Our Little Lady - Six Hundred Years Ago • Emily Sarah Holt
... of his earth life was spent in this Galilean city, where he was subject unto his parents. It is a blessed thing that so much can be said of our Savior in so few words. It is highly commendable that children be subject unto their parents, who love them dearly, and who know best what is for their ...
— A Trip Abroad • Don Carlos Janes
... take care of our ransom,' said Eleanor, though her heart misgave her. 'Moreover, Duke Sigismund will visit such an offence dearly!' and there was a glow on ...
— Two Penniless Princesses • Charlotte M. Yonge


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