precious

precious
adj
1. valuable, costly, high-priced, of high price; expensive, rich, sumptuous, beyond price, priceless; premium, fine, superfine, exquisite, dainty; rare, select, elite, superior, superlative, supreme, prize; extraordinary, special, uncommon, scarce.
2. estimable, highly esteemed, time-honored, venerable, worshipped; admirable, commendable, worthy of respect; revered, venerated, idolized; held dear, guarded, kept, Inf. keepsake, preserved, memorable, nurtured, Inf. hugged to one's bosom; dear, beloved, cherished, darling; valued, prized, favorite, favored, pet.
3. flagrant, gross, blatant, arrant, sheer, perfect; utter, downright, consummate, complete, pure, unadulterated; unqualified, clear, unquestioned; absolute, positive, utmost, unequivocal, unconditional; thundering, fu!'-scale, glaring, screaming.
4.Informal. beautiful, wonderful, great; terrific, perfect, handsome, pretty.
5.(of style, manner, etc.) overrefined, overwrought, Sl. cutesy, Brit. Sl. twee; overnice, flowery, pretentious, affected, unnatural, studied, artificial; finicky, meticulous, dainty, effeminate, effete, prim, prudish, Inf. tight, Inf. uptight.
6. important, irreplaceable, irretrievable; necessary, requisite, required, essential; wanted, needed, in demand, vital, indispensable.
n
7. darling, dearly beloved, sweetheart, lover, mistress; Inf. heart's desire, truelove, ladylove; sweet, honey, jewel, favorite, apple of one's eye.
adv
8.Informal. extremely, very, exceptionally, extraordinarily, unusually, uncommonly, abnormally; remarkably, notably, damned, danged, U.S. Inf. darned, Sl. hell of a, exceedingly, excessively, inordinately, disproportionately.

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