dear
adjective
beloved or loved.
dere
-
a variation of
dear.
Example Sentences
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Well, it’s dere, but it’s as abandoned and unloved as a jilted sweetheart, tossed aside for the new girl in town, the glinting and glamorous MSY palace that opened down the road in 2019.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2021
“Steve asked me a question,” he said, “and I blanked out and said, ‘Hello dere.’
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2018
“We walked out, I looked at the camera, said, ‘Hello dere, I’m Ringo’s mother,’ ” referring to the band’s mop-headed drummer, Ringo Starr, “and the kids started screaming.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2018
And beyond that, those once were household words that even Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper radioed from space: "Hello, down dere!"
From US News ● Oct. 19, 2016
Timothy said, “Easy dere, Phill-eep. Jus’ sit a moment an’ relax.”
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
