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precious Adjective 1. very costly or valuable: precious jewellery 2. loved and treasured 3. very affected in speech, manners, or behaviour 4. Informal worthless: nothing is too good for his precious dog Adverb Informal very: there's precious little to do in this town [Latin pretiosus valuable]
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precious adjective 1. valuable, expensive, rare, fine, choice, prized, dear, costly, high-priced, exquisite, invaluable, priceless, recherché, inestimable << OPPOSITE worthless Translations precious [ˈprɛʃəs] adj → wertvoll, kostbar; (pej) [person, writing] → geziert; (ironic) (= damned); heiß geliebt, wundervoll adv (inf); adj precious [ˈpreʃəs] of great value precious jewels. waardevol ثَمين скъпоценен drahocenný kostbar kostbar πολύτιμος precioso väärtuslik گرانبها arvokas précieux יָקָר मूल्यवान dragocjen értékes tak ternilai, sangat berharga dÿrmætur prezioso 高価な 값비싼 brangus dārgs; vērtīgs sangat berharga kostbaar kostbar, verdifull; elsket (drogo)cenny precioso preţios драгоценный drahocenný dragocen dragocen dyrbar, värdefull ล้ำค่า çok değerli 寶貴的 дорогоцінний, коштовний قيمتي quý giá 宝贵的 precious metal a valuable metal such as gold, silver or platinum. edelmetaal مَعْدَن ثمين ценен метал drahý kov ædelmetal das Edelmetall πολύτιμο μέταλλο metal precioso väärismetall فلزات قیمتی jalometalli métal précieux מַתֶכֶת יְקָרָה बहुमूल्य धातु plemenite kovine nemesfém logam mulia dÿrmætur metallo prezioso 貴金属 귀금속 brangusis metalas dārgmetāls logam berharga edel metaal edelt metall metal szlachetny metal precioso metal preţios благородный металл drahý kov plemenita kovina plemeniti metal ädelmetall โลหะมีค่า değerli maden 貴金屬 благородний метал قيمتي دھات kim loại quý 贵金属 precious stone a jewel; a gem diamonds, emeralds and other precious stones. edelsteen حِجار كَريمَه скъпоценен камък drahokam ædelsten der Edelstein πολύτιμος λίθος, πετράδι piedra preciosa vääriskivi سنگ قیمتی jalokivi pierre précieuse אֶבֶן יְקָרה बहुमूल्य पत्थर dragi kamen drágakő batu mulia gimsteinn pietra preziosa 宝石 보석 brangakmenis dārgakmens batu permata edelsteen edelstein kamień szlachetny pedra preciosa piatră preţioasă драгоценный камень drahokam drag kamen drago kamenje ädelsten เพชรพลอย değerli taş 寶石 коштовний камінь قيمتي پتھر đá quý 宝石 precious few/little very few/little I've precious little money left. bitter min قَليل много малко strašně málo næsten ingen äußerst wenig ελάχιστος muy poco ülivähe بسیار کم hyvin vähän bien/fort peu (de) קוֹמֶץ थोड़े से अनमोल या बहुमूल्य vrlo malo édeskevés sedikit sára fáir, afar lítill pochissimo ほんの少し 아주 조금, 거의 ...없다 labai nedaug ļoti maz; ārkārtīgi nedaudz sgt sedikit bar weinig svært få/lite bardzo niewiele muito pouco foarte puţin очень мало strašne málo / veľa vražje malo veoma malo fasligt få/lite น้อยมาก çok az 極少 дуже мало بہت تھوڑا cực kỳ 极少 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Moreover, as that of Heidelburgh was always replenished with the most excellent of the wines of the Rhenish valleys, so the tun of the whale contains by far the most precious of all his oily vintages; namely, the highly-prized spermaceti, in its absolutely pure, limpid, and odoriferous state. No sooner said than done; but all his joy was turned to grief when he found that his neighbour had two rooms full of the precious metal. They clothed her with heavenly garments: on her head they put a fine, well-wrought crown of gold, and in her pierced ears they hung ornaments of orichalc and precious gold, and adorned her with golden necklaces over her soft neck and snow-white breasts, jewels which the gold- filleted Hours wear themselves whenever they go to their father's house to join the lovely dances of the gods. |
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