dearly

adverbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈdɪəli//
United States//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.

Etymology

From Middle English derely, deorliche, from Old English dēorlīċe (“worthily, richly”), equivalent to dear + -ly.

Forms

comparative: more dearly, dearlier
superlative: most dearly, dearliest

Dear · A surname.dearest · A beloved person; a term of endearment.dearie · A person who is dear; sweetie.

dearly · In a dear or precious manner.

death · The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end…Death · The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe,…deathbed · The bed on which someone dies.

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