Thesaurus: dear
Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.
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Definitions
- superl. Bearing a high price; high-priced">high-priced; costly; expensive.
- superl. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
- superl. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.
- superl. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.
- superl. Of agreeable things and interests.
- superl. Of disagreeable things and antipathies.
- n. A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
- adv. Dearly; at a high price.
- v. t. To endear.
- adj. dearly loved
- adj. with or in a close or intimate relationship
- adj. sincerely earnest