dearest
最亲爱的,亲爱的,最近的,最亲近的
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Definitions
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dear·er, dear·est.
- : beloved or loved: a dear friend.
- : : Dear Sir.
- : precious in one's regard; cherished: our dearest possessions.
- : heartfelt; earnest: one's dearest wish.
- : high-priced; expensive: The silk dress was too dear.
- : charging high prices: That shop is too dear for my budget.
- : excessive; high: a dear price to pay for one's independence.
- : Obsolete. difficult to get; scarce.
- : Obsolete. worthy; honorable.
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- : a person who is good, kind, or generous: You're a dear to help me with the work.
Phrases
- dear me
- for dear life
- nearest and dearest
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
“Dearest ladies with families,” he begins, sitting in a suit in a well-decorated room.
Generally the states dearest to the current ruling class: New York, Illinois, California and New Jersey.
Dearest love to you, every day, always, dearest potato-pipe.
His subsequent marriages were primarily to form alliances with his nearest and dearest as well as with more remote followers.
But nearest and dearest to his heart is his humanitarian work.
I broke right into his story and seized the lapel of his waistcoat as though he were my dearest friend.
Do not make any display of affection for even your dearest friend; kissing in public, or embracing, are in bad taste.
We find Wilkes as a poseur on literature in one of these entertaining letters to “dearest Polly.”
At that time I had no desire to marry George of Blanchelande, but to-day it is my dearest wish that he should ask to marry me.
Further still, all our dearest interests lie beyond the domains of physical science, in the regions of faith.