Precious

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  • adjective. Of high cost or worth; valuable.
  • adjective. Highly esteemed; cherished.
  • adjective. Dear; beloved.
  • adjective. Affectedly dainty or overrefined.
  • adjective. Thoroughgoing; unmitigated.
  • noun. One who is dear or beloved; a darling.
  • adverb. Used as an intensive.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Very; exceedingly; extremely.
  • Of great price; costly; having a high money-value.
  • Of great worth; held in high esteem; intrinsically valuable.
  • Worthless; good-for-nothing.
  • Considerable; great.
  • Particular; scrupulous; fastidious; over-nice.
  • Synonyms and Costly, etc. See valuable.
  • Affectedly fastidious, especially in the use of words; finically refined in one's literary style or artistic taste.
  • Characterized by a strained or affected refinement of style, in literature or art; affectedly fine.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of great price; costly.
  • adjective. Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved.
  • adjective. Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. Précieuse, Preciosity.
  • adjective. the uncommon and highly valuable metals, esp. gold and silver.
  • adjective. gems; jewels.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of high value or worth, or seemingly regarded as such.
  • adjective. Regarded with love or tenderness.
  • adjective. Treated with too much reverence.
  • adjective. Contrived to be cute or charming.
  • noun. Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling.
  • adverb. Used as an intensifier.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adverb. extremely
  • adjective. characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
  • adjective. held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature
  • adjective. of high worth or cost
  • adjective. obviously contrived to charm
  • Word Usage
    ""My precious, _precious_ child," she said, "_He_ is able to save to the"
    Equivalent
    artful  loved  valuable  worthy  
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dear  rare  sacred  valuable  wonderful  
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    Words with the same meaning