precious: meaning and definitions
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What is precious?
What is precious?
- Of high cost or worth; valuable.
- Highly esteemed; cherished.
- Dear; beloved.
- Affectedly dainty or overrefined: precious mannerisms.
- Informal Thoroughgoing; unmitigated: a precious mess.
- One who is dear or beloved; a darling.
- Used as an intensive: "He had precious little right to complain” ( James Agee).