Dictionary Entry

dearie

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: /ˈdɪəɹi/Used In Literature ↓

(chiefly as a term of address) A person who is dear; sweetie.

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. deariev deariedearie blossomdearie ohdearie kinddearie bonnie

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Poetry examples for “dearie”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

JOAN. Oh, dearie me. This feels like death. Like death!

"I'm listenin', dearie, but you talk like a book and I don't know
what some of your words mean--What's ethics?"

O wilt thou share its joys wi’ me,
And say thou’lt be my dearie O?

"Well, Anne, go, dearie. Our affair will wait.
The lawyer man is thinking of his train.