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adj. Of high cost or worth; valuable.

adj. Highly esteemed; cherished.

adj. Dear; beloved.

adj. Affectedly dainty or overrefined: precious mannerisms.

adj. Informal Thoroughgoing; unmitigated: a precious mess.

n. One who is dear or beloved; a darling.

ad. Used as an intensive: "He had precious little right to complain” ( James Agee).

adj. Of high value or worth, or seemingly regarded as such.

adj. Regarded with love or tenderness.

adj. Treated with too much reverence.

adj. Contrived to be cute or charming.

n. Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling.

ad. Used as an intensifier.

adj. Of great price; costly.

adj. Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved.

adj. Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. Précieuse, Preciosity.

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.

Very; exceedingly; extremely.

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.

ad. extremely

adj. characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

adj. held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature

adj. of high worth or cost

adj. obviously contrived to charm

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loved    worthy    valuable    artful   

valuable    costly    estimable    outrageous    precious blood    precious stone    imitation precious stones    precious metals    to be precious of   

appreciate    price    depreciate    praise    precious little    appraise   

costly    dear    beloved    twee    syrupy    saccharine   

semiprecious   

valuable    wonderful    sacred    rare    dear