precious
adjective
of high price or great value; very valuable or costly.
preciously
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a word derived from
precious.
Example Sentences
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Hospitality is innately altruistic, and the neighborhood restaurant is especially, preciously, precariously so.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024
"Life's too preciously short to not be bounding for joy and gratitude."
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
"This study throws new light on a problem we know preciously little about: the social and political role of women among early complex pre-state societies," García Sanjuán said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2023
After drinking from it and spending eons in deep thought, he realizes that death imbues life with value, whereas, for immortals, “Nothing can occur but once, nothing is preciously in peril of being lost.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2021
But her excitement popped as she looked at the carefully preserved page and remembered how the king had had it on his person, carefully and preciously kept in the pouch around his neck.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
