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Meanings of dearness in English

The quality possessed by something with a great price or value.

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Examples for "preciousness"
Examples for "preciousness"
1
A sense of the preciousness of the despised thing wakes in him.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
2
A tale for the young, illustrative of the preciousness of Scripture promises.
Hunter's Marjory / A Story for Girls
3
Moreover they were taught industry, self-denial, benevolence, and the preciousness of time.
History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners F...
4
Underneath all the preciousness, his movements were careful, his face too still.
Sister Mine
5
There is a certain precociousness and preciousness about young children's books.
Reuters
1
The results were consequently very unsatisfactory, both as regards inaccuracy and costliness.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
2
This room was an exquisite combination of costliness and comfort,-Luxuryat home.
The Parisians — Complete
3
It signifies this even in costliness; but in form it signifies infinitely more.
Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life
4
The alarming costliness of the gift caused talk in the green-room.
Poor Relations
5
From its costliness, however, this is only desirable for small work.
On Laboratory Arts
Usage of dearness in English
1
But he had not dreamed of the dearness of the little face.
The Tin Soldier
2
They began rating the mighty one for the dearness of his corn.
The Voyage of Captain Popanilla
3
But Giles himself recognized no decline in his sense of her dearness.
The Woodlanders
4
I see him in Bobbie; I feel him in Bobbie's dearness and naughtiness.
The Man Thou Gavest
5
He is paid in proportion to the dearness of the article.
A Simpleton
6
Every body complains of the dearness of coals, being at 4l.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
7
Other people than Babylonian sculptors think that bigness is greatness, and dearness preciousness.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
8
Georgie, with all her dearness, was almost too prosperous to understand.
Secret Bread
9
Oh, the sweetness and the dearness of the daylight and the real world!
There was a King in Egypt
10
Beyond all was the assurance of her dearness to him.
The Desert of Wheat
11
But dearness or cheapness of food, when of a permanent character, may affect wages.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economic...
12
However, before you can judge of their dearness or cheapness, you must see them.
A Woman Intervenes
13
Ando knew all too well the dearness of family.
Spiral
14
But let him simply enjoy a while the grateful sense of your nearness and dearness.
A Passionate Pilgrim
15
Soon after my arrival here, I think I mentioned to you the excessive dearness of
Paris as It Was and as It Is / A Sketch Of The French Capital, I...
16
There had been a sweetness about her, a dearness.
The Trumpeter Swan
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