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  • adjective
    [more ~; most ~]
    rare and worth a lot of money
    diamonds and other precious stones
    precious jewels/jewelry
    A precious metal is an expensive metal (such as gold) that is used especially for jewelry. - see also semiprecious
    very valuable or important :too valuable or important to be wasted or used carelessly
    We can save precious time by taking this shortcut.
    They were able to be together for only a few precious hours/days.
    precious resources
    greatly loved, valued, or important
    precious memories
    the family's most precious moments
    a very precious [=dearfriend
    US informal :having a very pleasing and usually youthful appearance or quality :cute
    Aren't those children precious?
    formal + disapproving :having a too careful, precise, or polite quality that seems false or annoying
    precious manners
    adverb
    very or extremely
    She had precious little to say.
    There are precious few hours of sunlight left.