How to use dearly in a sentence

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• He avoided being seen gazing at her chest, although he dearly longed to stare.From the entry chest
• His comment was a misstep that could cost him dearly.From the entry misstep
• Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer.From the entry Philemon
• Tammy was an integral part of our family who will be missed dearly by everyone at BVM.”2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old…. From the entry tammy
• Dearly benighted, we gather here tonight to join these two in unholy matrimony.2022 August 9, Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis, Marika Sawyer, Paul Simms, “The Wedding” (14:34 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows…. From the entry benighted
• Still, at the time, I was dearly in need of a God-wink or two.2011, Stephen G. Post, The Hidden Gifts of Helping, →ISBN. From the entry God wink
• For this, O dearly beloved, is the genuine Christine: body and soul and blood and ouns.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, page 1. From the entry ouns
• My steak is too juicy my lobster too buttery! ¶ But seriously, sounds like the mending gods love you dearly.2025 November 9, JustWelfare, “Why do people protect mending villagers so much?”, in r/Minecraft (Reddit post), archived from the original…. From the entry my steak is too juicy, my lobster is too buttery
• We dearly want to see them on Xmas day.2021 November 17, Eleanor Gordon-Smith, quoting a reader, “We are hosting Christmas, but two family members refuse to be Covid vaccinated.…. From the entry Xmas Day
• It cost Louis van Gaal dearly, too.2020 October 4, John Gwynne, Soccer Satisfied, Fonthill Media. From the entry M16
• Our mother wanted us and loved us dearly.2013, Elinor Lipman, “Julia’s Child”, in I Can‘t Complain: (All Too) Personal Essays, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin…. From the entry kugel
• And what a sweetful death that’d dearly be.2013, Douglas Stockwell, The Coin, the Sword, and Open Book, →ISBN, act I, scene 4B, page 39. From the entry sweetful
• The environment is paying dearly as producers flog their land.2007 February 6, “Suppliers the losers in Coles-Woolworths war”, in The Age. From the entry flog
• Her dearly departed husband had left no will.1995, Laurell K[aye] Hamilton, chapter 19, in Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter; 3), New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, published…. From the entry and a partridge in a pear tree
• If you dearly love a theory, you are thobbing.1926, Henshaw Ward, “Studio Lecture”, in Thobbing: A Seat at the Circus of the Intellect, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 12. From the entry thob
• Because a well bred and beautiful girl objected to her father marrying, his second wife, a Parisian adventureress, she paid dearly.1917 February 8, “Evil Women Do Is Coming to Quality: Bluebird Feature Will Be the Show Here on Tuesday February 13”, in The Southwestern…. From the entry adventureress
• The Englishman of to-day still dearly loves a lord.1900 July 21, Daily Express. From the entry lord
• A heavy foot, aggressive driving in traffic, and other fuelish driving habits significantly reduce fuel economy and cost you dearly at the pump.2010, Dan Chiras, Green Transportation Basics: A Green Energy Guide, page 40. From the entry fuelish
• Here and there a little group of shattered Indians marked where one of the anthropoids had turned to bay, and sold his life dearly.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry anthropoid
• Realizing he is now boxed in on all sides, Hipper decides the only remaining card he has to play is to sell his ships as dearly as possible.2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 24:24 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original…. From the entry card
• Our own dearly beloved Anglo Saxons used a very basic prealphabet consisting of 'runes' (straight lines scratched onto wood, bone or stone) called, rather quaintly I think, 'futhorc.'2018, Bob Yareham, English Actually. From the entry prealphabet
• Needless to say, the guy paid dearly for his little experiment in autoerotica, and probably will never experience the joy of a jump rope in quite the same way.2000, Wendy Northcutt, The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action, volume 1, page 272. From the entry autoerotica
• He had spent 15¢ for an icecream sundae—chocolate which he dearly loved—and another 15¢ for a new comic book to read while he ate the sundae.1951, James Jones, From Here to Eternity, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 526. From the entry shoepolish
• Both the G.W.R. and the L.S.W.R. had to pay dearly for the privilege of entering the Royal Borough, for the Prince Consort drove a hard bargain with each.1949 September and October, “Notes and News: The Windsor Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 340. From the entry drive a hard bargain
• For all the rich array and goodly port and countenance of Corinius, he seemed but a very boor beside the Lord Brandoch Daha, and dearly did each hate the other.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 30. From the entry boor

Meaning of dearly

1. adverb In a dear or precious manner.
2. adverb In a dear or expensive manner.
3. adverb At great expense; dear.

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Questions about dearly in a sentence

How do you use dearly in a sentence?

Dearly is used as an adverb. For example: “He paid dearly for his mistake.”

What is a short sentence with dearly?

“a dearly priced item”

What does dearly mean?

Dearly means in a dear or precious manner.