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DEARNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality possessed by something with a great price or value
Synonyms:
costliness; dearness; preciousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("dearness" is a kind of...):
expensiveness (the quality of being high-priced)
Derivation:
dear (having a high price)