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Dear

adjective
(compar. dearer; superl. dearest)
1.
Dearly loved.  Synonyms: beloved, darling.
2.
With or in a close or intimate relationship.  Synonyms: good, near.  "My sisters and brothers are near and dear"
3.
Earnest.  Synonyms: devout, earnest, heartfelt.  "Devout wishes for their success" , "Heartfelt condolences"
4.
Having a high price.  Synonyms: costly, high-priced, pricey, pricy.  "High-priced merchandise" , "Much too dear for my pocketbook" , "A pricey restaurant"
noun
1.
A beloved person; used as terms of endearment.  Synonyms: beloved, dearest, honey, love.
2.
A sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child).  Synonym: lamb.
adverb
1.
With affection.  Synonyms: affectionately, dearly.  "He treats her affectionately"
2.
At a great cost.  Synonym: dearly.  "This cost him dear"



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"Dear" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dear reader, please accept my apologies for having left my original subject and brought you back to the Civil war. Back to the Santa Fe ...
— The Second William Penn - A true account of incidents that happened along the - old Santa Fe Trail • William H. Ryus

... cared very little for him. My sisters, to be sure, joked me about my conquest; and I felt, I confess, a proper pride in owning a lover like the rest; but of real affection for him I had then very little; and I often think, my dear, that we women seldom value devotion such as his till too late. I was not old enough to think seriously of marriage; but Latimer was convinced I should become his wife, and (poor fellow!) made all his arrangements ...
— Kate Coventry - An Autobiography • G. J. Whyte-Melville

... L. My dear child, what good? Was any woman, do you suppose, ever the better for possessing diamonds? but how many have been made base, frivolous, and miserable by desiring them? Was ever man the better for having coffers full of gold? But who shall ...
— The Ethics of the Dust • John Ruskin

... the lover is weary with loving and striving in vain, And even as a spoil is his body in the hands of sickness and pain. Who should there be, 'mongst the riders on camels with haltered head, Save a lover whose dear-beloved the camel-litters contain! A moon, in your tents that rises, to Allah I commend, One my heart loves and tenders, shut in from the sight of her swain. Anon she is kind, anon angry: how goodly her coquetry is! For all that is done ...
— The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night, Volume III • Anonymous

... the face will shine Upon me while I muse alone; And that dear voice, I once have known, Still speak to me ...
— Personal Friendships of Jesus • J. R. Miller


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