precious
/ˈpɹɛʃ.əs/ adjective B1- Of high value or worth. · The crown had many precious gemstones.
- Regarded with love or tenderness. · The way my partner looks at me is just so precious.
- Treated with too much reverence. · He spent hours painting the eyes of the portrait, which his fellow artists regarded as a bit precious.
- Excessively complicated.
- Extremely protective or strict (about something). · Writers are often very precious about their work.
- Blasted; damned.
- Contrived to be cute or charming.
- Thorough; utter. · a precious rascal
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Marilla knew too little about precious stones to realize how fine the amethysts actually were; but she thought them very beautiful and was always pleasantly conscious of their violet shimmer at her throat, above her good brown satin dress, even although she could not see it.
I did not wink at you.” She then sat still five minutes longer; but unable to waste such a precious occasion, she suddenly got up, and saying to Kitty,--
But my people have worn green glasses on their eyes so long that most of them think it really is an Emerald City, and it certainly is a beautiful place, abounding in jewels and precious metals, and every good thing that is needed to make one happy.
It was precious dirty and lonely.
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