DEARLY


Meaning of DEARLY in English

1.

If you love someone ~, you love them very much. (FORMAL)

She loved her father ~.

ADV: ADV with v emphasis

2.

If you would ~ like to do or have something, you would very much like to do it or have it. (FORMAL)

I would ~ love to marry.

ADV: ADV before v emphasis

3.

If you pay ~ for doing something or if it costs you ~, you suffer a lot as a result. (FORMAL)

He drank too much and is paying ~ for it...

PHRASE: V inflects

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