preciousness

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).

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[Middle English, from Old French precios, from Latin pretiōsus, from pretium, price; see per- in Indo-European roots.]

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pre′cious·ly adv.pre′cious·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	preciousness - the quality possessed by something with a great price or valuecostliness, dearnessexpensiveness - the quality of being high-priced
	2.	preciousness - the positive quality of being precious and beyond valueinvaluableness, pricelessness, valuablenessvalue - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world"gold - something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.; "the child was as good as gold"; "she has a heart of gold"
	3.	preciousness - the quality of being fastidious or excessively refinedpreciosityaffectedness - the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)