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preciousness
Variant of precious
adjective
- of great price or value; costly
- of great desirability; held in high esteem: precious rights
- beloved; dear
- very fastidious, overrefined, or affected, as in behavior, language, etc.
- very great: a precious liar
adverb
Informal very
Related Forms:
- preciously adverb
- preciousness noun
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