Dear and Private

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Dear

Dear adjective - Commanding a large price.
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Private and dear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Private" instead an adjective "Dear".
Nearby Words: dearly, deary, dearie

Private

Private adjective - Not known or meant to be known by the general populace.
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Dear and private are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dear" instead an adjective "Private".
Nearby Words: privation, privately, privacy, privative, privateer

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  • Arranged Marriage Queen Anne: Eat your vegetables in public, dear, but have your dessert in private.
    Source: Arranged Marriage
  • Film / The Country Bears Evil Is Petty: The likely motivation (aside from Money, Dear Boy) for Christopher Walken, given some of his antics in private.
    Source: Film / The Country Bears
  • Film / Dear Lemon Lima Sometimes fitting in is about standing out.Dear Lemon Lima is a 2009 family comedy about a girl who attempts to screw with the system after being awarded a scholarship to an exclusive private school in Alaska based on widely stretched racial interpretations.
    Source: Film / Dear Lemon Lima
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