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DEARNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dearness mean? 

DEARNESS (noun)
  The noun DEARNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality possessed by something with a great price or valueplay

  Familiarity information: DEARNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEARNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality possessed by something with a great price or value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

costliness; dearness; preciousness

Hypernyms ("dearness" is a kind of...):

expensiveness (the quality of being high-priced)

Derivation:

dear (having a high price)


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