Dearly
['dɪəlɪ] or ['dɪrli]
Definition
(adv.) at a great cost; 'he paid dearly for the food'; 'this cost him dear'.
(adv.) with affection; 'she loved him dearly'; 'he treats her affectionately'.
(adv.) in a sincere and heartfelt manner; 'I would dearly love to know'.
Edited by Jacqueline--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly.
(adv.) At a high rate or price; grievously.
(adv.) Exquisitely.
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Examples
- Kiss me, Eunice, and be a good wife to Crispin, who loves you so dearly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But her heart was opened to this girl; 'Oh, Bessy, I loved the home we have left so dearly! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Am too happy for words and love you dearly. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Too stupid to learn, but I love music dearly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I had always wished to love my sisters dearly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I love home, I am somewhat domestic, I love, dearly love my parents, and wish to improve the little talents God has given me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- So dearly do I love the scene of my poverty and your kindness. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Why, I was sure she loved you dearly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She doesn't look like my Jo any more, but I love her dearly for it! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I love those pretty feet so dearly, that I feel as if I could not bear the dirt to soil the sole of your shoe. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I almost mistrusted myself as growing quite wicked in my suspicions, but I was not so sure that Richard loved her dearly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I can't help thinking to-night, Esther, how dearly I hope to be happy with Prince, and how dearly Pa hoped, I dare say, to be happy with Ma. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Out of your compassion for me, in this maimed and broken state, you make so much of me--you think so well of me--you love me so dearly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Nothing could more dearly give the measure of the distance that the world had travelled. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I don't see how a man is to be good for much unless he has some one woman to love him dearly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Wish me everything that you can wish for the woman you dearly love, and I have as good as got it, John. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Those who didn't know him as well as I do, and didn't love him as dearly as I do, might believe he was not quite right. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I had a queer time with Aunt today, and, as I got the best of it, I'll tell you about it, began Jo, who dearly loved to tell stories. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I don't mean constant to Ada, for I love her dearly--better and better every day--but constant to myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He will never marry her, and yet through her he may never marry the woman who loves him dearly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You are a couple of mean--' 'Remember, sir, you pay dearly for this,' said Fogg. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She was bright and cheerful in the old childish way, loved me dearly, and was happy with her old trifles. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She loved him dearly, and he knew it, and I knew it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The enemy made several desperate attempts to dislodge us, all of which were unsuccessful, and for which he paid dearly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She loved me dearly, but was never happy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I have a cousin, an only relative and an orphan, like myself, whom I love very dearly. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Two days' acquaintance—you love her dearly! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I love this young person dearly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I liked to visit the picture-galleries, and I dearly liked to be left there alone. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I thought that she resembled Lord Ponsonby, and I felt that I could have loved her dearly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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