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preciously
pre·cious P0510600 (prĕsh′əs)adj.1. Of high cost or worth; valuable: precious jewels.2. Highly esteemed; cherished: precious moments with the new baby.3. Dear; beloved: a friend who is precious to me.4. Affectedly dainty or overrefined: precious mannerisms.5. Informal Thoroughgoing; unmitigated: a precious mess.n. One who is dear or beloved; a darling.adv. Used as an intensive: "He had precious little right to complain" (James Agee).
[Middle English, from Old French precios, from Latin pretiōsus, from pretium, price; see per- in Indo-European roots.]
pre′cious·ly adv.pre′cious·ness n.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | preciously - extremely; "there is precious little time left"preciousintensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
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