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Meanings of dearest in English

Portuguese
amor
Catalan
sol
Spanish
sol

A beloved person; used as terms of endearment.

        amor
        Usage of dearest in English
        1
        The dearest hotels I know are the French;-andcertainly not the best.
        North America — Volume 2
        2
        You dearest and best of men; I see it in your face.
        The Bride of the Nile — Volume 04
        3
        No offence, but it's not everyone's dearest wish to come to London.
        Whispers Under Ground
        4
        The dearest interests of freedom and the Union are in imminent peril.
        Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of...
        5
        She was the dearest and best tie he had in the world.
        Chatterbox, 1906
        6
        What is dearest to us is often dearer to us than truth.
        Fugitive pieces
        7
        Do not cry, Corona, dearest; it is the way of the world.
        Saracinesca
        8
        You have ever been the dearest person to me in the world.
        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
        9
        We wish you to proclaim yourself our dearest sister and loving subject.
        The Memoirs of Cleopatra
        10
        All this Kate saw; and it extinguished her last and dearest hope.
        Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine
        11
        He was shown the lights of Paradise; he won his dearest wish.
        Memorials of the Faithful
        12
        In reality you are now the person nearest and dearest to me.
        The Schoolmaster and Other Stories
        13
        Have no fear for me, dearest cousin; I am blessed beyond measure.
        The Asylum
        14
        The dearest of these was Dr. Adolf Baeyer, son of the General.
        The Story of My Life — Volume 06
        15
        You leave the dearest you have to the whole brunt of it.
        Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2
        16
        Clever enough to know that you are the dearest girl in Christendom.
        Charlotte's Inheritance
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        Portuguese
        amoramante
        Dearest through the time
        Dearest across language varieties
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        United States of America
        Rare