Dear
Lovable
Lovable adjective - Having qualities that tend to make one loved.
Usage example: she was a lovable child, always helpful and kind
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Every one of these characters was a perfectly ordinary (essentially) and usually quite lovable person who just had to get mixed up in the whole thing, often by being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and even though they usually strike a blow, it's at a dear cost.
Source: Player Punch / Survival Horror -
This also was a subtle Dear Negative Reader addressed to the people complaining that Tonto was just an "Indian Jack Sparrow" by showing them side by side to prove that they are not very alike (Sparrow is a Lovable Rogue and Tonto is Comically Serious)
Source: Doppelgänger Crossover
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