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[ adjective ] characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
Examples "a cherished friend" "children are precious" "a treasured heirloom" "so good to feel wanted" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)But it is our health - more precious than all the money in the world - that these modern witch_doctors with their fake therapeutic gadgets are gambling away . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)The long settled areas of states like Virginia and South_Carolina developed the ante-bellum culture to its richest flowering , and there the memory is more precious , and the consciousness of loss the greater . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)Mike stopped to cherish all his brother selves , the many threes-fulfilled on Mars , corporate and discorporate , the precious few on Earth - the unknown powers of three on Earth that would be his to merge with and cherish now that at_last long waiting he grokked and cherished himself . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of high worth or cost
Examples "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones" Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)It tends to support the longstanding precious sentiments , the traditional ways of thinking , and the customary ways of living . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)He sensed something precious in the perilous moment , something akin to the knowledge gained on his bicycle trip through the French countryside , a knowledge imprisoned in speechlessness . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] (intensifier) extremely;
Synonyms Examples "there is precious little time left" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 1413
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