Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dearness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dearness \Dear"ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of
price.
The dearness of corn. --Swift.
2. Fondness; preciousness; love; tenderness.
The dearness of friendship. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dearness
n : the quality possessed by something with a great price or
value [syn: {costliness}]
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