Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sell dearly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: sel-l- dear-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make one's opponent pay a very high price to defeat or obtain (a person, unit, vehicle, or territory).

Example Sentences

"Realizing he is now boxed in on all sides, Hipper decides the only remaining card he has to play is to sell his ships as dearly as possible. The remaining German ships make a hard turn southeast, and drive headlong at the Grand Fleet. It is a brave gesture, but only eight of the ships emerge from the pall of smoke that roughly marks the original German line of advance. Two more emerge minutes later, but that is all."

Inflected Forms

sells dearly (present, singular) selling dearly (participle, present) sold dearly (participle, past) sold dearly (past)

Questions

What does sell dearly mean?: To make one's opponent pay a very high price to defeat or obtain (a person, unit, vehicle, or territory).

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