dearly
Adverbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈdɪəli//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈdɪɹli//
In a dear or precious manner.
Adverb
- 1
In a dear or precious manner.
the funeral of our dearly beloved sister
- 2
In a dear or expensive manner.
a dearly priced item
- 3
At great expense; dear.
He paid dearly for his mistake.
But I take solace in the fact that the public has seen the enormous mountain of evidence proving what Fox did, and Fox paid dearly for it.
Herkunft
From Middle English derely, deorliche, from Old English dēorlīċe (“worthily, richly”), equivalent to dear + -ly.
Formen
- Komparativ
- more dearly, dearlier
- Superlativ
- most dearly, dearliest