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Meanings of dearly-won in English

Entailing great loss or sacrifice.

costly

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expensive

Usage of dearly-won in English

As we sped past the return convoys, we seemed sad profligates, thus wantonly to be squandering such dearly-won vantage of position. 
 Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan 

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Meanings of dearly-won in English