dearly (adv.) Old form(s): deerely
keenly, deeply, intensely
AYL I.iii.32[Celia to Rosalind, of Orlando] my father hated his father dearly
CE II.ii.139[Adriana to Antipholus of Syracuse] How dearly would it touch thee to the quick / Shouldst thou but hear I were licentious
Cym I.vii.13.1[Iachimo to Innogen, of Posthumus] The worthy Leonatus is in safety, / And greets your highness dearly
Ham IV.iii.40[Claudius to Hamlet] as we dearly grieve / For that which thou hast done
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