dearly

«dearly» in Mova's school dictionary: Very much: I love you dearly; she would dearly like a puppy — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (dearly)

meaning for a pupil

1) Very much: I love you dearly; she would dearly like a puppy. tree →

2) At a high cost, with suffering or loss: they paid dearly for their mistake. tree →

3) (formal) Dearly beloved: words used at the start of a church wedding or funeral to greet people. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and cards it shows deep love (dearly loved). In stories of mistakes it shows a heavy price (paid dearly). Phrases: love dearly, pay dearly, dearly departed (euphemism for a dead person), dearly beloved.

examples

• I love my grandma dearly. tree →
• She would dearly love to visit Australia. tree →
• The team paid dearly for that mistake and lost the match. tree →
• (euphemism) We remember our dearly departed friend. tree →
• Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today... tree →
• He missed his dog dearly. tree →
• “I am indeed,” she replied, “and I love you dearly.” tree →

note

Adverb of dear. "Pay dearly" does not usually mean money — it means suffer for something. "Dearly departed" is a gentle way to talk about someone who has died.

In the corpora

• "The dearly departed" means the dead; it is polite and is sometimes used jokingly.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dearly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.