Get to know Dearly better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like dear or affectionately.
Dearly in a sentence
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Dearly meaning
- In a dear or precious manner.
- In a dear or expensive manner.
- At great expense; dear.
Synonyms of Dearly
Using Dearly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a dear or precious manner. | In a dear or expensive manner. | At great expense; dear.
- Useful related words include: dear, affectionately.
- In the example corpus, dearly often appears in combinations such as: dearly loved, dearly missed, dearly beloved.
Context around Dearly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dearly
- In this selection, "dearly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, marlene, alison, pat, loved, missed and beloved stand out and add context to how "dearly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dearly beloved partner, a dearly loved dad and dearly loved. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dearly" sits close to words such as alpine, buttigieg and cinemas, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dearly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Baby, I love you dearly. (5 words)
Always in our thoughts, too dearly loved to be forgotten. (10 words)
A dearly loved father to Robin and Paul, father in law to Paula and Clare. (15 words)
Beloved husband of the late Elaine, much loved dad of David and Louise, dear father-in-law of Karen and John, beloved grandad of Abigail and Jack, dearly loved son of Marion and the late Roy and a dear brother and brother-in-law. (44 words)
BBC Scotland said he understands that Ms Forbes felt the SNP's partnership agreement with the Scottish Greens would have "tied her hands and cost her dearly in her constituency" if she had taken the rural affairs job. (38 words)
Beloved husband of Janice, loving father of Leigh and John, cherished gramps of Erin and Anya and great-gramps of Avaleigh, much loved father-in-law of Sian-Marie, dearly loved brother, brother-in-law and uncle. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
A dearly beloved partner of Marlene, dearly loved brother of Billy and Pat, and the late Olwen, also a much loved special uncle of Graeme, Anna, and the late Ian.
Dearly loved mum of Richard, Mark and Alison, dearly loved mother-in-law of Sharon and Roland, and much loved Granny to Lewis, Freya, Callum, Liam and Maia.
A beloved husband of Pat, dearly loved father of James, Craig and Emma and Grandfather to Ben, Eliza and Dorothy.
According to the researcher, her first cousin, whom she loves dearly, is one such woman who on her fourth pregnancy had high blood pressure.
A dearly loved dad to Gary and Claire and treasured grandad to Sophie, Karl and Heather.
A dearly loved father to Robin and Paul, father in law to Paula and Clare.
A devoted husband to Jeanette, dearly loved dad, much loved father-in-law and cherished grandad.
A loving grandfather to Hayley and Oliver, and a loving stepdad and step-grandad, Tony will be dearly missed but fondly remembered by all his family and friends.
Always in our thoughts, too dearly loved to be forgotten.
A man who died in his house after suffering serious head injuries in a shocking attack has been described as being a ‘devoted family man’ who will be ‘dearly missed’.
A message on flowers left for Ms McLoughlin read: "Jessica, we will miss you dearly.
As a result, the reinsurance industry has paid dearly for much of the last decade; underwriting losses drove in global reinsurance losses in 2022.
Baby, I love you dearly.
BBC Scotland said he understands that Ms Forbes felt the SNP's partnership agreement with the Scottish Greens would have "tied her hands and cost her dearly in her constituency" if she had taken the rural affairs job.
Beloved husband of Janice, loving father of Leigh and John, cherished gramps of Erin and Anya and great-gramps of Avaleigh, much loved father-in-law of Sian-Marie, dearly loved brother, brother-in-law and uncle.
Beloved husband of Lesley Jeanne, dearly loved dad of Karen and Amanda, dear father in law of Gary and Michael, treasured grandad of Michael, Katie, Melissa and Daniel, treasured great grandad of Theo, Penny and Milo.
Beloved husband of the late Elaine, much loved dad of David and Louise, dear father-in-law of Karen and John, beloved grandad of Abigail and Jack, dearly loved son of Marion and the late Roy and a dear brother and brother-in-law.
Beloved husband of the late Elsie, a dearly loved dad to David, father-in-law to Diane.
Beloved husband of the late Janet, dearly loved father of Andrew, Helen and the late Linda, father-in-law of Ruth, Patrick and Peter, loved grandad of Amelia, Thomas, Daniel, Oliver, Edward and Henry.
Beloved husband of the late Jen, much loved father of Kathleen, Frank, Les and Michael, a dearly loved father in law, grandfather, great grandfather and brother.
Phrases with dearly
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with dearly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: