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DEARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deary mean? 

DEARY (noun)
  The noun DEARY has 1 sense:

1. a special loved oneplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DEARY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A special loved one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

darling; dearie; deary; ducky; favorite; favourite; pet

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

lover (a person who loves someone or is loved by someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deary"):

chosen (one who is the object of choice; who is given preference)

macushla ((an Irish term of address expressing affection) darling)

mollycoddle (a pampered darling; an effeminate man)

teacher's pet (the teacher's favorite student)


 Context examples 


Dan'l, deary Dan'l, let me go 'long with you!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But don't ye dooal an' greet, my deary!—for he saw that I was crying—if he should come this very night I'd not refuse to answer his call.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Dear, deary me,” cried my mother, “what a disgrace upon the house! And your poor father sick!”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Try away, deary, you'll get your reward some day, and no one will be more delighted than I shall.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But I'm content, for it's comin' to me, my deary, and comin' quick.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I know how 'tis; I know you think that I am lone and lorn; but, deary love, 'tan't so no more!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Laurie thanked her with a look that made her think in a sudden panic, "Oh, deary me! I know he'll say something, and then what shall I do?"

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I could see he was not at ease, so I took his poor old wrinkled hand in mine and asked him to speak fully; so he said, leaving his hand in mine:—I'm afraid, my deary, that I must have shocked you by all the wicked things I've been sayin' about the dead, and such like, for weeks past; but I didn't mean them, and I want ye to remember that when I'm gone.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

If there's slaves in them parts where you're a-going, I'll be bound to you for one, and happy, but doen't ye leave me behind, Dan'l, that's a deary dear!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"What is it, deary?" asked Mrs. March, holding out her hand, with a face which invited confidence.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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