| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience.[Websters]
2. Being costly, expensive, pricey or valuable. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb dear-boughtly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (dear-boughtly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dear-bought.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEAR-BOUGHT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references) |
