precious

[pre·cious]

To call something precious is to describe it as highly valued. Think of a gemstone when you call your baby sister precious.

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Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.

Adjective S.
obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"

Adjective S.
characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for; "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted"

Adjective S.
of high worth or cost; "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"

Adverb
extremely; "there is precious little time left"

a.
Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.

a.
Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.

a.
Particular; fastidious; overnice.

Precious

Pre"cious , a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr'82cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See Price.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. "The precious bane." Milton. 2. Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.

She is more precious than rules.

Many things which are most precious are neglected only because the value of them lieth hid.

Also used ironically; as, a precious rascal. 3. Particular; fastidious; overnice. [Obs.]

Lest that precious folk be with me wroth.

Precious metals, the uncommon and highly valuable metals, esp. gold and silver. -- Precious stones, gems; jewels.

Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.

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Usage Examples

God bless you if you have one child, but I don't think anybody should have just one child. Everybody needs a sibling. I have siblings, and I have so many amazing, precious memories with my siblings. I don't know what I would do if I had been an only child.

Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.

Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.

I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is.

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!

Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom.

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.

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Other Usage Examples

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the human intelligence, the human spirit and that man is a social creature.

Bad things do happen how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.

I know for me the subject of how to be in a relationship is precious and complicated and challenging.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them?