warmest/finest/dearest congratulations

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vkhu

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Please accept our warmest/finest/dearest congratulations!

I think it's "warmest" here but I sometimes hear people saying "dearest" too, so which is it?
 

5jj

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I have heard neither 'finest' nor 'dearest from native speakers of BrE.
 

Tdol

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I would use warmest and not the other two.
 
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