Use of tenir for loving dearly

Deborah G.A1Kwiziq community member

I saw this translation in one of my exercises

Je tiens à ces boucles d'oreille comme à la prunelle de mes yeux.I love these earrings dearly.
Why wouldn't it be someting like "J'adore tellement ces boucles d'oreille?"
I don't understand the verb tenir in this context

This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate venir/tenir and derivatives in the present tense in French (Le Présent)"

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Deborah G. asked:

Use of tenir for loving dearly

I saw this translation in one of my exercises

Je tiens à ces boucles d'oreille comme à la prunelle de mes yeux.I love these earrings dearly.
Why wouldn't it be someting like "J'adore tellement ces boucles d'oreille?"
I don't understand the verb tenir in this context

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