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deary^¹

/ˈdɪəɹi/ Australia, UK
/ˈdɪɹi/
/ˈdɪɚi/ US
/ˈdiɹi/ US
/ˈdiɹɪ/ Scotland
/ˈdiɹe/ Scotland
/ˈdiəɹi/ New Zealand
/ˈdɛːɹi/

Sounds like dearie, dairy (cheer–chair merger) · Rhymes with -ɪəɹi

noun dearies · dearie

informal A dear; a darling.
informal A term of address for a female. Listen, deary: I'd appreciate your not talking about my son like that.

Deary^²

proper noun

A surname

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@misc{deary_2026,
  title = {deary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}