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# dearly

adverb (dearly)

«dearly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Very much: I love you dearly; she would dearly like a puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dearly/#m1)
2. At a high cost, with suffering or loss: they paid dearly for their mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dearly/#m2)
3. (formal) Dearly beloved: words used at the start of a church wedding or funeral to greet people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dearly/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories and cards it shows deep love (dearly loved). In stories of mistakes it shows a heavy price (paid dearly). Phrases: love dearly, pay dearly, dearly departed (euphemism for a dead person), dearly beloved.

### Examples

- I love my grandma dearly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dearly/#x1)
- She would dearly love to visit Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dearly/#x2)
- The team paid dearly for that mistake and lost the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dearly/#x3)
- (euphemism) We remember our dearly departed friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dearly/#x4)
- Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today... [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dearly/#x5)
- He missed his dog dearly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dearly/#x6)
- “I am indeed,” she replied, “and I love you dearly.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dearly/#x7)

### Note

Adverb of dear. "Pay dearly" does not usually mean money — it means suffer for something. "Dearly departed" is a gentle way to talk about someone who has died.

## In Jewish tradition

In Jeremiah it means very much loved. God speaks about His beloved people.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as God's sorrow at giving up Israel, whom He still loves.

### Examples

- I have forsaken My house, I have cast off My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies. (Prophets JER.12.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dearly/#x1)

### Note

Adverb of dear. "Pay dearly" does not usually mean money — it means suffer for something. "Dearly departed" is a gentle way to talk about someone who has died.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dearly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dearly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dearly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dearly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «dearly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dearly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dearly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dearly.html) on Mova free.