precious adj

1 characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for; "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted" [syn: cherished, treasured, wanted]

2 of high worth or cost; "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"

3 obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms" [syn: cute] adv : extremely; "there is precious little time left" [syn: preciously]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛʃəs

Adjective

1. of high value or worth, or seemingly regarded as such
   • The crown had many precious gemstones
   • This building work needs site access, and tell the city council that I don't give a fuck for a few lorry tyre ruts across their precious grass verge.
2. regarded with love or tenderness.
   • My precious daughter is to marry
3. treated with too much reverence.
   • He spent hours painting the eyes of the portrait, which his fellow artists regarded as a bit precious.

Translations

Noun

1. someone (or something) who is loved; a darling
   • "It isn't fair, my precious to ask us what it's got in its nasty pockets" - J. R. R. Tolkein, The Hobbit

Adverb

1. used as an intensifier
   • There is precious little we can do

Precious may refer to:

In music:

• Precious (band), a British band
• Precious (Chanté Moore album)
• Precious (Cubic U album)
• Precious (Ours album)
• Precious (Loïs Lane album), an album by Loïs Lane
• "Precious" (Yuna Ito song), from the album Heart
• "Precious" (Depeche Mode song), from the album Playing the Angel
• "Precious" (The Jam song)
• "Precious", a song by The Pretenders

In other uses

• Precious, the ring name of professional wrestling valet Patti Williams
• Precious, an orangutan on the soap opera Passions
• Precious (Boukenger), treasures in the series GoGo Sentai Boukenger
• My precious or the One Ring, a magical object at the center of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

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