How to pronounce “dearest”(adj) in English

and your grandfather were dearest friends.

I love it when one of Lucy's dearest friends is literally an 88-year-old lady who lets her help decorate the front of the church with her.

And that's kind of a level nearest and dearest to my heart because of all my work in the nonprofit sector in the foundation sector.

Here's what my friends were serving at home and to their dearest friends-- moi, one of them--

One of my, one of my dearest friends that I've made in all this, her name is Colleen Creedon, and she used