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What is the adjective for deary?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb dear which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dear
  1. (generally dated) High in price; expensive.
  2. Loved; lovable.
  3. Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
  4. Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
  5. A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
  6. A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
  7. An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior.
  8. (obsolete) Noble.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “She joined a whole secret league of the hunters after being separated from a friend very dear to her.”
      “Zizi flashed us a dear little grin that took the edge of her curtness.”
      “Is there not all the reason in the world, that wares, or houses, or any other thing, should be for the use and service of him that paid a dear price for them?”
dear
  1. Severe, or severely affected; sore.
  2. (obsolete) Fierce.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “She joined a whole secret league of the hunters after being separated from a friend very dear to her.”
      “Zizi flashed us a dear little grin that took the edge of her curtness.”
      “Is there not all the reason in the world, that wares, or houses, or any other thing, should be for the use and service of him that paid a dear price for them?”
dearsome
  1. Characterised or marked by dearness; precious; costly
  2. Examples:
    1. “See, if you don't cut that rope, inside o' three moons your dearsome fam'ly be dead, I vow it!”
dearish
  1. Somewhat dear or precious
  2. Examples:
    1. “Yet people will still buy dearish books, and though willing to hear Turner lecture gratis on Chemistry or Geology, they will not pay at the rate of 1s. a lecture to hear him.”
deare
  1. Obsolete spelling of dear
dearer
  1. comparative form of dear: more dear
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