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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dearly, in a heartfelt wayadverb

    in a sincere and heartfelt manner

    "I would dearly love to know"

  2. dearly, dearadverb

    at a great cost

    "he paid dearly for the food"; "this cost him dear"

  3. dearly, affectionately, dearadverb

    with affection

    "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately"

Wiktionary

  1. dearlyadverb

    In a dear manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Dearlyadverb

    Etymology: from dear.

    For the unquestionable virtues of her person and mind, he loved her dearly. Henry Wotton.

    It is rarely bought, and then also bought dearly enough with such a fine. Francis Bacon.

    Turnus shall dearly pay for faith forsworn;
    And corps, and swords, and shields, on Tyber born. Dryd.

    My father dotes, and let him still dote on;
    He buys his mistress dearly with his throne. John Dryden, Aurengz.

Wikipedia

  1. Dearly

    Max Dearly (22 November 1874 - 2 June 1943) was a French stage and film actor.Dearly was born Lucien Paul Marie-Joseph Rolland in Paris, and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine 1943.

ChatGPT

  1. dearly

    Dearly generally refers to something highly valued, cherished or loved, often expressing a sense of significant emotional affection or high cost. It can pertain to a deep personal attachment or fondness to someone or something, or could also convey a sense of great expense or high price.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dearlyadverb

    in a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly

  2. Dearlyadverb

    at a high rate or price; grievously

  3. Dearlyadverb

    exquisitely

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dearly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dearly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of dearly in a Sentence

  1. Pardo Yanez:

    There is nothing that can be done or could be said to me to change the loss of these three so dearly loved ones.

  2. Meghan McCain:

    Joe Biden and I, everyone knows, are very close, and I love him dearly and I think he is a truly decent, wonderful human being that could be very healing for the country.

  3. Wade Smith:

    Sylvia Hatchell would not insist that Sylvia Hatchell players play through pain or injury and depends on team doctors to clear them for competition, sylvia Hatchell dearly loves all the young women Sylvia Hatchell has coached and so many of them have reached out to support her this week. We must not suddenly assume the worst about people who have lived exemplary lives.

  4. Yahya Saria:

    To the Emirati regime we say only one operation (of ours) would cost you dearly, today and for the first time we announce that we have dozens of targets within our range in the UAE, some are in Abu Dhabi and can be attacked at any time.

  5. Dennis House:

    She was a sister I never had, i was her brother that she never had. She was my TV wife and we were best friends and I will miss her dearly.

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