"dearly" meaning in English

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      "form": "more dearly",
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        "comparative"
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      "form": "dearlier",
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        "rare"
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "text": "the funeral of our dearly beloved sister",
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      "glosses": [
        "In a dear or precious manner."
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        "In a dear or expensive manner."
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          "text": "He paid dearly for his mistake.",
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          "text": "But I take solace in the fact that the public has seen the enormous mountain of evidence proving what Fox did, and Fox paid dearly for it.",
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        "At great expense; dear."
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɪəli/",
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      "roman": "skǎpo",
      "sense": "in a dear manner",
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      "sense": "in a dear manner",
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      "word": "pay dearly"
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    {
      "word": "sell dearly"
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    {
      "word": "sell one's life dearly"
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      "form": "more dearly",
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        "comparative"
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    {
      "form": "dearlier",
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        "rare"
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      "form": "most dearly",
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          "dear",
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      "sense": "in a dear manner",
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      "sense": "in a dear manner",
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