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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a dearly" is not grammatically correct in written English.
You can use the phrase "dearly" as an adverb or exclamation (e.g. "I love you dearly"), but you cannot use it on its own. An example might be: "I appreciate your help dearly."
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You have been a dearly beloved friend, inspiration and mentor.
A dearly loved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend.
We have lost a dearly loved and loving, sweet soul.
He was a dearly loved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and uncle.
The Ghost of the Last Campaign looms heavy over this one like a dearly departed sibling.
This is a dearly held principle of his, but he can joke about it.
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Other things being equal, that means curbing the power of the state-a dearly held Tory ambition, but one that many voters do not share.Labour dismisses such ideas as a throwback to the bad old Tories of yore (which, in politics-speak, means the days of Margaret Thatcher-the last of Britain's overtly ideological prime ministers).
It was 149 years ago, the day before Independence Day, that the Union won a dearly-bought victory over the Confederacy at Gettysburg, the turning point in the Civil War and one of the crucial pivot points of American history.
Players need to be fit, decisions have to go in your favour and details such as a red card can cost a team dearly.
It was a project dearly sought by local land developers who happened to host a fundraiser for Mr. Young while he was in the neighborhood.
How can one NOT miss such a person dearly?!
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