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| pre·cious [ préshəss ] |
adjective |
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1. valuable: worth a great deal of money
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2. valued: highly valued, much loved, or considered to be of great importance
  Your friendship is very precious to me.
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3. not to be wasted: rare or unique and therefore to be used wisely or sparingly or treated with care
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4. used for emphasis: used for emphasis to express irritation, dislike, contempt, bemusement, or some other strong emotion
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informal
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I'm tempted to tell them what they can do with their precious training course!
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5. fastidious or affected: too carefully refined in language, dress, or manners
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adverb |
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very: very, often by way of a complaint
And precious little thanks I got!
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noun |
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term of endearment: used as term of affection in talking to somebody
Good morning, my precious.
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| [13th century. Via French< Latin pretiosus< pretium "price"] |
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| pre·cious·ly adverb |
| pre·cious·ness noun |
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