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[ adjective ] dearly loved
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 |
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