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[ adjective ] dearly loved

Synonyms

dear darling

Used in print

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

For an instant John longed for the sound of the bells of Noyon-la-Sainte , the touch of his mother 's hand , the lilt of Charles 's voice in the square raftered rooms , his father 's bass tones rumbling to the canons , and the sight of the beloved bishop .

(Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)

Her friends and professional associates would sympathize_with her , not because she had lost a beloved husband , but because she had been married to a man who thought unrealistically .

`` My beloved ward , my perennial gadfly '' , said the whining voice .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

`` Dearly beloved '' , he preached , `` unless you repent of your sins in a measure , and become converted to a degree , you will , I regret to say , be damned to a more_or_less extent '' .

Related terms

loved

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[ noun ] a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

Related terms

lover love

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