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Meanings of very dear in English

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Usage of very dear in English
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My very dear Mrs. Ross, I'm afraid I didn't quite hear you.
The irish devil
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That chest was left to Miss Featherstone by a very dear great-aunt.
Just William’s Luck
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He remembered, however, that his companion was his very dear old friend.
East of eden
4
But something very dear in Dion had prompted her to be unselfish.
In the Wilderness
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Melissa is and always has been a very dear and loyal friend.
Hearts of grey
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Among these was the son of an old and very dear friend.
After a Shadow and Other Stories
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The girl was very dear to me, and it was a trial.
The Late Miss Hollingford
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To such among us the associations of past times are very dear.
An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids
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She is very dear to me still; a beautiful, high-minded, noble woman.
Hyperion
10
And we, too, are very dear friends of his;-thatis, I am.
Phineas Redux
11
Ivory was a very beautiful material and cost very dear, they knew.
The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his F...
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He would have it, though I told him it was very dear.
The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations
13
The few things I could get there were very dear, meat 1s.
Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and ...
14
One friend she made who became very dear and of great import.
The Man
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Yet I could tell you of one reason very dear to me.
Letters of Two Brides
16
You are and always will be a very dear sister to me.
Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
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Very dear through the time
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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Ireland
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