US /ˈdɪrli/
・UK /ˈdiəli/
Even the word dear originally meant costly or expensive, as in you'll pay dearly for this.
And in Danish, a common term of endearment is "skat," which means "treasure" but can also translate to "taxes." Even the word "dear" originally meant "costly" or "expensive," as in "you'll pay dearly for this." Are there any terms of endearment based on things like royalty or wealth?
And yet I should have dearly liked, I own, to have touched her lips, to have questioned her that she might have opened them, to have looked upon the lashes of her downcast eyes and never raised a blush, to have let loose waves of hair, an inch of which would be a keepsake beyond price.
And yet I should have dearly liked, I own, to have touched her lips;
Ethan, this mission of yours is gonna cost you dearly.
Ethan, this mission of yours is gonna cost you dearly.
She was a great lady and she loved us dearly.
She was a great lady, and she loved us dearly, but.
Dear, I cannot tease you about that. What a shame for I dearly love to laugh.
What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
And yet I should have dearly liked, I own, to have touched her lips, to have questioned her that she might have opened them, to have looked upon the lashes of her downcast eyes and never raised a blush, to have let loose waves of hair, an inch of which would be a keepsake beyond price.
yet I should have dearly liked, I own, to have touched her lips; to have
Her father, the king, loved her dearly.
Her father, the king, loved her dearly.
a father who loved me dearly.
me dearly so I fortunately came into
The process of locating a partner we can love is famously so hard, it may for a long time disguise an alternative, even more complicated reality, that whatever we claim, it would be a lot easier for us if we never found a partner. The hurdles of dating undeniably exist. That doesn't mean that they aren't also being gratefully used to hide, mostly from ourselves, a harder-to-mention wish to remain on our own. Consciously, we may tell ourselves that we would dearly love to land on a compatible partner. Inside, we are hard at work ensuring we won't – and for a variety of hugely understandable reasons.
Consciously, we may tell ourselves that we would dearly love to land on a compatible partner.
Elon has 10 children, each of whom he loves dearly.
Elon has ten children, each of whom he loves dearly.