best-loved
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3.4
- adjective
- /ˈbɛst lʌvd/
- That air of efficiency was one of her best-loved and most effective masks; she wore it now with determination.
Examples
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In Molina's film, Pastora is portrayed by Concha Velasco, one of Spain's best-loved actresses.
Academic text (1998) -
I really think you can tell the best-loved dolls by how ruined their hair is.
Blog text (2) -
We're gathered here to join two of our best-loved children...
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His best-loved dress was red with black ladybugs.
Fiction book (1997) -
Roland Harvey is one of Australia's best-loved illustrators.
Blog text (11) -
I don't care what the public thinks of London's best-loved detective, Sherlock Holmes.
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Mark Twain created one of America's best-loved troublemakers, Tom Sawyer, 125 years ago.
Fiction book (2001) -
At 78, he is Denmark's best-loved poet, and his Complete Poems, despite weighing in at over 1,000 pages, is easily the best-selling poetry collection in the nation's history.
Academic text (2008) -
It's not long until the series itself will be back with a vengeance, but in the meantime, Pond Life is a truly heartwarming piece about our best-loved companions and their madcap relationship with their raggedy Doctor.
Blog text (2) -
The novel is considered one of the best-loved classics in literature.
Synonyms
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1.0
Liked more than other people or things
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1.0
Loved and valued very much
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1.0
A person or thing that someone cares about very much
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2.1
Very much loved, often for a long time
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1.8
Loved very much by someone
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3.4
Very valuable to someone because they care about it
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3.4
Very much loved and kept, like a special photo or memory
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2.2
A person you love very much
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4.1
A thing people keep because they love it and it brings memories
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2.6
Loved very much by one person or by many people
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7.9
Most liked thing of its kind used before a noun
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7.4
Liked most by someone
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9.9
A person or thing that someone loves very much
Antonyms
How Loved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Best-loved comes from two simple words: best meaning 'most' and loved meaning 'liked a lot'. So best-loved describes something someone likes most or cares for above all others.