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adj. Loved and cherished: my dearest friend.

adj. Greatly valued; precious: lost everything dear to them.

adj. Highly esteemed or regarded. Used in direct address, especially in salutations: Dear Lee Dawson.

adj. High-priced; expensive.

adj. Charging high prices.

adj. Earnest; ardent: "This good man was a dear lover and constant practicer of angling” ( Izaak Walton).

adj. Obsolete Noble; worthy.

adj. Heartfelt: It is my dearest wish.

n. One that is greatly loved.

n. An endearing, lovable, or kind person.

ad. With fondness; affectionately.

ad. At a high cost: sold their wares dear.

interjection. Used as a polite exclamation, chiefly of surprise or distress: oh dear; dear me.

adj. Severe; grievous; sore: our dearest need.

adj. Severe(ly affected), sore

adj. Loved; lovable.

adj. Loving, affectionate, heartfelt

adj. Precious to or greatly valued by someone.

adj. High in price; expensive.

adj. A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.

adj. A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.

adj. An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior.

adj. noble

n. A very kind, loving person.

n. A beloved person

v. To endear.

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

adj. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price.

adj. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.

adj. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.

adj. Of agreeable things and interests.

adj. Of disagreeable things and antipathies.

n. A dear one; lover; sweetheart.

ad. Dearly; at a high price.

v. To endear.

Precious; of great value; highly esteemed or valued.

Costly; high in price; expensive, either absolutely, or as compared with the cost of other similar things, or of the same thing at other times or places: opposed to cheap.

Characterized by high prices in consequence of scarcity or dearth: as, a dear season.

Charging high prices: as, a dear tailor.

Held in tender affection or esteem; loved; beloved: as, a dear child; a dear friend

Intense; deep; keen; being of a high degree.

Coming from the heart; heartfelt; earnest; passionate.

Dangerous; deadly.

[Obsolete or archaic in senses , and 8.]

n. A darling: a word denoting tender affection or endearment, most commonly used in direct address: as, my dear.

Dearly; very tenderly.

At a dear rate; at a high price.

An exclamation indicating surprise, pity, or other emotion: used absolutely or in connection with oh or me: as, oh dear ! I am so tired; dear me ! where have you been?

To make dear; endear.

n. An obsolete spelling of deer.

ad. with affection

adj. having a high price

n. a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

n. a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)

adj. dearly loved

adj. with or in a close or intimate relationship

ad. at a great cost

adj. earnest

""Yes," replied Dexie, "they are rather dear, _dear shad_," and she looked intently at her plate, well knowing how Plaisted was glaring at her."

expensive    loved    close    sincere   

lover    innocent    inexperienced person   

heartfelt    costly    to buy the bargain dear    to cost dear   

dearness    dearly    oh dear!   

high-priced    costly    expensive    cherished    precious    heartfelt    lover    sweetheart    dearly    endear   

Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir   

old    poor    brave    beloved    precious    pretty    holy    voluntary    corpuscular    subsequent