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21dear — dear, dearly You love someone dearly (i.e. very much), whereas you buy or sell something, or something costs you, dear or dearly …
22dear me — ● dear …
23dear — index close (intimate), exorbitant, priceless, scarce, valuable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
24dear — expensive, *costly, precious, valuable, invaluable, priceless Analogous words: exorbitant, *excessive, extravagant, inordinate Antonyms: cheap …
25dear — ► ADJECTIVE 1) regarded with deep affection. 2) used in the polite introduction to a letter. 3) expensive. ► NOUN 1) an endearing person. 2) used as an affectionate form of address. ► ADVERB …
26dear|ly — «DIHR lee», adverb. 1. fondly: »Mother loves her baby dearly. 2. Figurative. at a high price: »He bought his new car quite dearly. 3. Figurative. very much: »You will regret your foolish behavior dearly in years to come …
27dear — This has been one of the commonest terms of address in English since the thirteenth century. In a count of fifty novels dealing with fairly contemporary life, ‘dear’ used on its own as a friendly term occurred 243 times. There were a further… …
28dear — adj. 1) (cannot stand alone) dear to (this project is dear to my heart) 2) (misc.) to hold smb. dear * * * [dɪə] painfully dear perfectly ( to prepare ) to dear for (to dear an article for export; our plane was deared for takeoff; to dear a deck… …
29dear — [[t]dɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ dearer, dearest, dears 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use dear to describe someone or something that you feel affection for. Mrs Cavendish is a dear friend of mine... At last I am back at my dear little desk. 2) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ to… …
30dear — 1 interjection The phrases oh dear , dear oh dear , dear dear , and dear me are all used to show that you are surprised, upset, or annoyed because you have done something wrong, because something bad has happened etc. Oh dear is much more common… …
