Dearly

6 lettersadverbcommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

With deep sincerity and genuine heartfelt feeling.

“She dearly wished she could turn back time and make different choices.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

dear·ly

Related Words

Synonyms

greatly deeplyprofoundly

Antonyms

indifferentlycheaply

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Contains the EAR cluster and ends in LY, making it a solid early guess for common letters

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Scrabble

Worth 9 points and builds from DEAR, with CLEARLY and NEARLY as nearby words to avoid confusion

Words Related to Dearly

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “dearly” to make these 6-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

deadly deafly nearly pearly rearly yearly

Words you can make from Dearly

Shorter words formed from the letters in “dearly”.

alder daler daryl deary delay deray early lader lardy layed layer leady leary lyard radly rayed readl ready redly relay yeard adry aery ared

Add a letter to make a longer word

7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “dearly”.

already bradley delayer dreadly drearly layered lyrated readily

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