Dearness
['diənis]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price.
(n.) Fondness; preciousness; love; tenderness.
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Examples
- This, however, is the effect, not of the real cheapness of silver, but of the real dearness of corn. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Various reasons may be cited, such as the growing scarcity of wood, once the favorite building material in many parts of the country, and the increasing dearness of brick and stone. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For a moment she remained motionless; then she raised on him eyes of such despairing dearness that he half-released her waist from his hold. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Their hose were made of common cloth, which may have been one of the causes of their dearness. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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