preciousness
1Preciousness — Pre cious*ness, n. The quality or state of being precious; costliness; dearness. [1913 Webster] …
2preciousness — index bombast Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3preciousness — preciosity, preciousness Preciosity is now virtually restricted to the meaning ‘over refinement in art or language, especially in the choice of words’, leaving preciousness as the noun corresponding to the general meanings of precious …
4preciousness — precious ► ADJECTIVE 1) having great value. 2) greatly loved or treasured. 3) ironic considerable: a precious lot you know! 4) derogatory affectedly concerned with elegant or refined language or manners. ● precious little (or few) Cf. ↑precious… …
5preciousness — noun see precious I …
6preciousness — See preciously. * * * …
7preciousness — noun The condition of being precious; costliness …
8preciousness — pre·cious·ness || preʃəsnɪs n. expensiveness; pricelessness, being of an extremely high value; extreme fastidiousness, excessive fussiness …
9preciousness — pre·cious·ness …
10preciousness — UK [ˈpreʃəsnəs] / US noun [uncountable] a way of speaking that does not sound natural because the person speaking is trying too hard to sound perfect …
