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dearly

ADVERB
extremely
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ADVERB
lovingly
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Appeared in the December 23, 2025, print edition as 'Minnesota Paid Dearly for Saving $1 Million'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

But then Scott Michaels, the founder of Dearly Departed Tours, discovered that her cremated remains were interred in a rose garden under her married name, Elsa Lanchester Laughton.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

Dearly beloved, we R gathered here today 2 get through this thing called life—or rather, 2 browse through this thing called a book about Prince’s life, The Beautiful Ones.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2019

Dearly did I wish his name offered some useful music such as to suggest a phrase comparable to the immortal “Tricky Dick.”

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2016

That got things rolling for Dearly in a big way.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner




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