adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
like
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He would dearly like to spend a month taking lessons from him, starting now: would that be possible?
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Richard would dearly like to help her.
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He would dearly like to do lots of things with her.
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Mr Bush would dearly like a congressional resolution of this sort, passed by a big margin after a short debate.
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Notably, biologists already have a good idea of how genes work but they would dearly like to know more.
love
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Also, I should dearly love to rest.
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At this point Katz would dearly love a little navigational help from above.
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But what I'd dearly love to know is what on earth made him so suspicious of me?
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Suddenly alarmed, the people who had dearly loved the dogs were forced to hold their puppies under water till they drowned.
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He thinks this is his last go-round for basketball, a sport he dearly loves .
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I wish that Merseyside, which I love dearly , would follow the example of Dublin.
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Although she would dearly love to know if it was the norm for women to follow him home!
pay
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The Profitboss steers clear of such indulgence, for in the end everyone pays dearly for the privilege of the few.
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He paid dearly for his error.
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It was the crime of the century, but most of them paid dearly for it.
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But whereas the wretched Io had to pay dearly for the distinction, Europa was exceedingly fortunate.
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The Profitboss never buys customer belief, for he knows that in the end both he and the customer would pay dearly .
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He whines that I am ruining his weekend, but is rarely displeased with the spectacle I have paid dearly for.
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Mr Bush's father paid dearly for breaking his promise and raising taxes, so Mr Bush must deliver something.
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When it did so, the enemy paid dearly .
want
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She dearly wanted to see her family and persuade them to forget the ill-feeling that had split the Corosini apart.
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They had made a friend - a very good friend - and they dearly wanted him to come and see them again.
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The first thing to note about the raw strategy is that it dearly wants to have it all.
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The Blues wing-back is currently in talks with the club and dearly wants to extend his stay in East Anglia.
wish
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He dearly wished they would hurry up and tell him what to do.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cost sb dear/dearly
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She loves her children dearly .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Grandmother displayed all the warmth, enthusiasm, and flamboyance that she had loved so dearly in her brother Theodore.
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He dearly wished they would hurry up and tell him what to do.
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It has cost the Trust dearly in cash.
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She dearly wished that her only daughter had settled down with Les Williams, a hardworking friend of her son.
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The fighting during 1968 had cost them dearly .