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priceless

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price·less  (prsls)
adj.
1. Of inestimable worth; invaluable.
2. Highly amusing, absurd, or odd: a priceless remark.

priceless·ly adv.

priceless
Adjective
1. extremely valuable
2. Informal extremely amusing
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Adj.1.priceless - having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
valuable - having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange; "a valuable diamond"

priceless
adjective valuable, expensive, precious, invaluable, rich, prized, dear, rare, treasured, costly, cherished, incomparable, irreplaceable, incalculable, inestimable, beyond price, worth a king's ransom, worth your or its weight in gold << OPPOSITE worthless
Translations
Spanish priceless [ˈpraɪslɪs] adjque no tiene precio;
(col) (= amusing); divertidísimo

French priceless [ˈpraɪslɪs] price adjsans prix, inestimable;
(inf) (= amusing); impayable

German priceless [ˈpraɪslɪs] price adj [diamond, painting] → von unschätzbarem Wert;
(inf) (= amusing); unbezahlbar, köstlich

Italian priceless [ˈpraɪslɪs] adjdi valore inestimabile;
(col) (= amusing); impagabile, spassosissimo/a

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MY PRICELESS BARBARA ALEXIEVNA,--What am I to say to you, now that all is over, and we are gradually returning to our old position?
One age followed another--and still, generation after generation, the successors of the three Brahmins watched their priceless Moonstone, night and day.
But as the priceless treasure too frequently hides at the bottom of a well, it needs some courage to dive for it, especially as he that does so will be likely to incur more scorn and obloquy for the mud and water into which he has ventured to plunge, than thanks for the jewel he procures; as, in like manner, she who undertakes the cleansing of a careless bachelor's apartment will be liable to more abuse for the dust she raises than commendation for the clearance she effects.
 
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