in a sincere and heartfelt manner
"I would dearly love to know"
at a great cost
"he paid dearly for the food"
"this cost him dear"
with affection
"she loved him dearly"
"he treats her affectionately"
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dearly
With roses musky-breathed,
And drooping daffodilly.
And silver-leaved lily,
And ivy darkly-wreathed,
I wove a crown before her.
For her I love so dearly. [ Tennyson ]
Weigh justly and sell dearly. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Wish chastely, and love dearly. [ William Shakespeare ]
Celebrity sells dearly what we think she gives. [ E. Souvestre ]
The husband who is not loved will pay for it dearly, some day. [ Proverb ]
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit! [ Hosea Ballou ]
A moment lived in paradise is not purchased too dearly at the ransom of death. [ Friedrich Schiller ]
It is a law of the gods which is never broken, to sell somewhat dearly the great benefits which they confer on us. [ Corneille ]
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