His preciously valuable collection. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : precious metals. ,precious memories. ,a precious child. ,precious manners. ,a precious fool. From Dictionary.com.
Adverb : She wastes precious little time. From Dictionary.com.
He must have been preciously hard set, poor fellow. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Some young men there are who are preciously deceitful. From Wordnik.com. [All Around My Hat (I Will Wear the Green Willow)] Reference
We read him the paragraph, and preciously angry he was. From Wordnik.com. [Cox's Diary] Reference
Yet, he decided, Caesar had not behaved preciously at all. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
He was generous with his wisdom and preciously guarded time. From Wordnik.com. [On Cormac's Fire, Updike's Passing, Planets Like Dust, And MOuntaintop Removal] Reference
Imperial Rome which had once, so much more preciously, played the. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
Of his patter; he's preciously given to potry and classical charf. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 15, 1891] Reference
Scribes wrote on tablets or papyrus and preciously preserved the results. From Wordnik.com. [Too Much Information] Reference
In fact, his work has preciously little to say about sending countries at all. From Wordnik.com. [Do Mexicans Work Less Hard in Mexico, or Don’t They? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
The toothpaste is not fully out of the tube in Gaza, but it is preciously close. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Levy: Gaza on the Brink] Reference
They had lost everything – house, crops and, most preciously of all, livestock. From Wordnik.com. [Still marooned: plight of flood-stricken villagers in Pakistan's Sindh province] Reference
With this they were all thronging who should be first to be thus preciously beaten. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Oh aye but there's the rub, this game world you COULD expect to do preciously that!. From Wordnik.com. [Marvel & NCSoft Update] Reference
I don't mean to be preciously demystified, but the logistics of this are staggering. From Wordnik.com. [ready for your close-up, Mr. Roper] Reference
Even though I design silk blouses and handbags, I don't treat them preciously at all. From Wordnik.com. [Gaby Basora On High-Low Fashion] Reference
Holway's account is interesting, but his premise is entirely, almost preciously, wrong. From Wordnik.com. [The Streak of Streaks] Reference
Their position between the modern and the ancient is preciously what makes them valuable. From Wordnik.com. [Ma Government Seeks World Heritage Status for Traditional Characters] Reference
They are endearing preciously because they are just regular folk who are in way over their heads. From Wordnik.com. [Jurassic Park vs. Jurassic Park 3: Lament for a Fallen Franchise | /Film] Reference
Encrypted communication methods were preciously the preserve of governments and security services. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News Spotlight] Reference
I have preciously preserved some of his presents, and carefully concealed them at my leaving France. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
A candidate has not yet been certified -- preciously because the winner has not yet been determined. From Wordnik.com. [Senate To Coleman: You May Reopen Your Office -- So That You Can Shut It Down] Reference
The souvenirs of the ancient university, seals, diplomas, medals, &c., were preciously guarded in cases. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference
Nevertheless, he held it preciously, cradled against his chest, the bow depending from a crooked finger. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
This wasn't world music, some piously promoted, preciously marketed artifact of someone else's revolution. From Wordnik.com. [Se Habla Rock And Roll? You Will Soon.] Reference
Audrey Tautou, with a limp and a tuba, cuts a preciously unreal figure as she searches for her lost soldier love. From Wordnik.com. [TEN WORST MOVIES OF 2004] Reference
If we count the "discouraged," as they're so preciously called, it's estimated that 26 million people are out of work. From Wordnik.com. [Allison Kilkenny: 'Third Quarter Growth' and Other Things That Mean Nothing To You] Reference
Every year the school holds what it preciously calls a "Galaesque," to raise funds in addition to the massive tuition. From Wordnik.com. [David Murray: A Peek at Chicago's 'Hidden Rich' (Warning: Mature Content Matter)] Reference
Away from his friends and family, there is preciously little in the way of help or comfort, or even sanity, to be had. From Wordnik.com. [12/24/2006 - 12/31/2006] Reference
Strict constructionism offers preciously little help to justify many of the ways and powers of today's U.S. government. From Wordnik.com. [Alain L. Sanders: Constitutional Hunting Season Heats Up] Reference
"A glass of water, nothing but a glass of water," Mr. Pounce said, most preciously, sinking into an easy-chair as he spoke. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
She didn't feel for him the same way she felt for Dain, but he was still a man she kept deeply and preciously in her heart. From Wordnik.com. [A Change of Seasons]
‘I did that, sir,’ said a great lubberly fellow, stepping forward; ‘and preciously I cut my knuckle agin’ his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Twist] Reference
How then, once having dared to taste meat and blood, and victory, could I again surrender so preciously recollected a birthright?. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting Slave Of Gor]
February 14th, 2010 at 4: 49 am im sry she passed but she was preciously adorable and she was obvioulsy very loved by alot of ppl. From Wordnik.com. [World’s Smallest Fish Discovered] Reference
Climate scientists say that the time left to flatten the rate of carbon emissions and begin to turn it around is preciously short. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Reid, The Man Who Never Says Goodbye] Reference
These chemicals can leach into the groundwater, of which Palestinians already have preciously little, posing a threat to human health. From Wordnik.com. [Karin Kloosterman: Palestinians' New Agriculture Park Might Spell Catastrophe for Peace and the Environment] Reference
But some of the doors of the cupboards are still more preciously ornamented by some very finely-painted heads from the hand of the great. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876] Reference
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