The meaning of Precious

adjective

Influenced or touched by an external factor.

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Affected areas

verb

Have an effect on; make a difference to.

Usage examples:

The dampness began to affect my health

verb

Pretend to have or feel (something).

Usage examples:

As usual i affected a supreme unconcern

adjective

(of an idea, expression, or style) excessively subtle or refined.

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The most highly alembicated and sophisticated work of art, arising in complex civilizations.

adjective

Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.

Usage examples:

Her skin glowed in the artificial light

adjective

Made by people, often as a copy of something natural

Usage examples:

Artificial flowers, artificial grass, an artificial leg, an artificial smile, the actors were encou…

adjective

Not sincere

Usage examples:

Their cheerfulness seemed rather strained and artificial.

noun

In some systems of chinese medicine and exercise, the most important energy that a person has

noun

An act of choosing between two or more possibilities.

Usage examples:

The choice between good and evil

adjective

(especially of food) of very good quality.

Usage examples:

He picked some choice early plums

noun

An act of choosing; a decision

Usage examples:

[ c ] a difficult/easy choice, [ c ] when you’re trying to cut the budget deficit, you’ve got to ma…

adjective

Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.

Usage examples:

Here, however, several contrived situations are grafted into the plot to generate artificial tension.

verb

Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.

Usage examples:

His opponents contrived a cabinet crisis

adjective

Costing a lot; expensive.

Usage examples:

Major problems requiring costly repairs

adjective

Expensive

Usage examples:

This procedure can be very costly., her costly mistake allowed the opponents to score.

adjective

Costing a lot of money

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Costly repairs, the delays in the schedule proved very costly., their failure to consult staff memb…

adjective

Regarded with deep affection.

Usage examples:

A dear friend

noun

Used as an affectionate or friendly form of address.

Usage examples:

Don't you worry, dear

adverb

At a high cost.

Usage examples:

They buy property cheaply and sell dear

adjective

Affected, over-refined, and ineffectual.

Usage examples:

Effete trendies from art college

adjective

Costing a lot of money.

Usage examples:

Keeping a horse is expensive

adjective

Extremely beautiful and delicate.

Usage examples:

Exquisite, jewel-like portraits

noun

A man who is affectedly concerned with his clothes and appearance; a dandy.

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Using brightly coloured, almost grotesque distortion of an individual's salient features, he target…

adjective

Of extreme beauty

adjective

Of very high quality; very good of its kind.

Usage examples:

This was a fine piece of film-making

noun

Very small particles found in mining, milling, etc.

Usage examples:

It raises dust, separating fines from aggregate.

adverb

In a satisfactory or pleasing manner; very well.

Usage examples:

‘and how's the job-hunting going?’ ‘oh, fine.’

adjective

Covered with flowers or having a floral design.

Usage examples:

A flowery meadow

adjective

Covered with pictures of flowers

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A flowery blouse

adjective

Expensive

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Worries about the economy are hurting sales of high-priced european luxury goods.

adjective

Too great to calculate.

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A treasure of inestimable value

adjective

Extremely great, or too great to be described or expressed exactly

Usage examples:

The medical importance of this discovery is of inestimable value.

adjective

Extremely useful; indispensable.

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An invaluable source of information

adjective

Extremely useful

Usage examples:

Alejandro said the tutoring he received was invaluable.

adjective

Extremely useful

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Invaluable advice/experience, an invaluable asset/contribution/resource he has proved to be an inva…

adjective

Impossible to replace if lost or damaged.

Usage examples:

Do not send valuable or irreplaceable photographs

adjective

Too special, unusual, or valuable to replace with something else, or of which no others like it exist

Usage examples:

Irreplaceable documents, no one on this team is irreplaceable, the new manager insisted.

adjective

Used to describe speech or behaviour that is not sincere because the person is pretending to belong to a higher social class

adjective

Behaving in a specified way.

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Bad-mannered

adjective

Having ways of behaving toward people

Usage examples:

The children are well mannered., he continued to write, but his mannered prose was not well received.

adjective

An insulting way of describing something that is not traditionally male, especially in behaviour, appearance, or speech

Usage examples:

"i don't want to sound poncy, but i really like going to the ballet," he said., a poncy flowery shirt

adjective

Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.

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Pretentious art films

adjective

Trying to give the appearance of great importance, esp. in a way that is obvious

Usage examples:

Pretentious restaurants, pretentious, silly poetry

adjective

So precious that its value cannot be determined.

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Priceless works of art

adjective

More valuable than any amount of money; precious

Usage examples:

He has a priceless collection of antique silver.

adjective

Used to describe something with such a high value that its price cannot be calculated, especially because it is rare

Usage examples:

A priceless collection of modern works of art, good financial advice can be a priceless asset.

adjective

(of an event, situation, or condition) not occurring very often.

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A rare genetic disorder

adjective

(of meat, especially beef) lightly cooked, so that the inside is still red.

Usage examples:

Rare roast beef

adjective

(of a quality or result) achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort.

Usage examples:

He treated them with studied politeness

verb

Devote time and attention to gaining knowledge of (an academic subject), especially by means of books.

Usage examples:

I studied classics at college

adjective

Carefully prepared or considered, esp. to create an effect

Usage examples:

He showed a studied disregard for her concerns.

adjective

Excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental.

Usage examples:

Although the film's a bit twee, it's watchable

adjective

Worth a great deal of money.

Usage examples:

A valuable antique

noun

A thing that is of great worth, especially a small item of personal property.

Usage examples:

Put all your valuables in the hotel safe

adjective

Important, useful, or beneficial

Usage examples:

Niekro was named the most valuable player in baseball., they perform valuable services for poor, ru…