Definition of "dearly" []

• In a dear manner. (adverb)

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• "I, her daughter, tell you that for her every tear, every heart pang, every sigh, _you_ shall pay dearly; _dearly!"
• "It is a title dearly enough bought by most men, to render it endurable, even when not quite clearly made out, which it never _can_ be, till the Posterity, whose decisions are merely dreams to ourselves, have sanctioned or denied it, while it can touch us no further."
• "Boris, who I love dearly, is furious about the rampant double standards of those dreadful Tabloid Newspapers."