Definition of dear:

part of speech: adjective

Costly; scarce; precious; beloved.

part of speech: noun

A beloved person.

Common misspellings * :

• idear (0.8%)
• dea (11.8%)
• dera (13.4%)
• deat (3.9%)
• deaer (1.6%)
• ar (0.8%)
• deare (7.9%)
• der (28.3%)
• dar (1.6%)
• deary (2.4%)
• cear (0.8%)
• deear (1.6%)
• ddi (0.8%)
• derp (1.6%)
• diar (0.8%)
• dir (0.8%)
• daer (15.7%)
• deart (2.4%)
• dearwe (1.6%)
• diear (0.8%)
• geachte (0.8%)

Usage examples :

• " You can't understand, dear "Anthony Lyveden", - Dornford Yates

• Was she, my dear "Lola", - Owen Davis

• I told you about Mr. Thain, dear didn't I? "The Wicked Marquis", - E. Phillips Oppenheim

• " And oh, how I wish your dear father had been with you! "With Haig on the Somme", - D. H. Parry