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Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

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