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dearely

dearely is the obsolete spelling of dearly.

Meaning of dearly

Adverb

dearly (comparative more dearly or (rare) dearlier, superlative most dearly or (rare) dearliest)

  1. In a dear or precious manner.
    • the funeral of our dearly beloved sister
  2. In a dear or expensive manner.
    • a dearly priced item
  3. At great expense; dear.
    • He paid dearly for his mistake.

Forms of dearely

comparativemore dearely
superlativemost dearely

Questions about dearely

What is dearely the obsolete spelling of?
Dearely is the obsolete spelling of dearly.

Words near dearely in the dictionary

  1. Dearden
  2. Deardens
  3. Deardorff
  4. deare
  5. deared
  6. dearely
  7. dearer
  8. deares
  9. dearest
  10. dearests
  11. dearginated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dearely (page history and authors); dearly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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