beloved
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- prebeloved adjective
- superbeloved adjective
- unbeloved adjective
Etymology
Origin of beloved
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English biloved “loved,” past participle of biloven “to like, love”; equivalent to be- + love + -ed 2
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Example Sentences
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In a signal of how much pressure there was to do right by the beloved fictional couple, four endings were written and filmed.
From Los Angeles Times
And while this dressing-down of beloved works might seem like another bummer in a world of doomscrolling, @heartthrobanderson is anything but.
From Los Angeles Times
And, what will happen to some of our most revered and beloved landscapes like the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and Welsh mountains, and the people who live and work there?
From BBC
The regular crowd shots of the waiting room too often reduce the afflicted into a zombie-like horde bent on making life more difficult for our beloved medical staff.
From Los Angeles Times
After “The Godfather” made him a movie star in his 40s, he remained a beloved character actor for half a century, adding “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” to the cultural lexicon.
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