单词 | preciousness |
释义 | preciousness (once / 18972 pages) n WORD FAMILY precious: preciosity, preciousest, preciously, preciousness, semiprecious+/preciosity: preciosities USAGE EXAMPLESThe picture not only illustrates the preciousness of Lyon’s shades but of life itself. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) The clothes were meticulously laundered, ironed, categorized and photographed, the care devoted to each item illustrating the preciousness of the humans who once wore them. Los Angeles Times(Dec 18, 2016) The flip side of time’s preciousness is its emptiness. The Guardian(Nov 17, 2016) 1n the quality possessed by something with a great price or value Syn|Hyper costliness, dearness expensiveness the quality of being high-priced 2n the positive quality of being precious and beyond value Syn|Hypo|Hyper invaluableness, pricelessness, valuableness gold something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc. value the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable 3n the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined Syn|Hyper preciosity affectedness the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) |
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