Word: dearly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...uttered in a piercing treble that punctured the drum of the ear like a sharp needle. Encouraged by the success of his first attempt, he continued the conversation during the rest of the trip. His mind at first grappled with the nautical questions of the day. "See dere." "Yes, dear," from the grandmother; "that is a ship." "Why don't it tip over?" "Oh, because it's balanced by the mast." "But the little boat don't tip over." "Yes, yes," a little impatiently, "that's a tug-boat." "Why don't the men tumble off into the water...
This was first published in the poetical columns of a country newspaper, and I shall not soon forget how I laughed in my sleeve, when my aunt, a dear sympathetic creature, read it to me, with tears in her eyes. "The author of that," said she, "must have been in deep affliction." I did not destroy the illusion for her by disclosing my hand in the affair...
...Belinda dear, I sadly fear
...dear face, though absent, still...
...DEAR COUSIN SAM, - Although you have never been to college, you may be interested in knowing something of the gentlemen who teach the young ideas to shoot. I can assure you, they are remarkable in many ways, - a "gem" puzzle not to be solved at least half the time. As some body or other describes them in an old play...