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Meanings of preciously in English

Extremely.

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        Examples for "precious"
        Examples for "precious"
        1
        Observation time is precious and usually booked months or years in advance.
        Wired
        2
        There; you may read it; and he handed her the precious epistle.
        Castle Richmond
        3
        Of course, higher accelerations means a riskier maneuver for my precious iPhone.
        Wired
        4
        No difference in this respect between the base metals and the precious.
        Bleak House
        5
        Out in Iowa that January, however, precious little of this was clear.
        Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
        Usage of preciously in English
        1
        But I'm not going to hold it so preciously close to me.
        The Guardian
        2
        In these scenes, we see how preciously ad agencies treat their creative types.
        Wired
        3
        The whole atmosphere of Lalesh, the festival, was lyrical, poetic, and preciously pastoral.
        The genesis secret
        4
        How preciously sweet to make the greatest sacrifices for his sake!
        Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians
        5
        You would be preciously disappointed if he cried off, Agatha; for all your interesting reluctance.
        An Unsocial Socialist
        6
        The souvenirs of the ancient university, seals, diplomas, medals, &c., were preciously guarded in cases.
        New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ...
        7
        Her hands with their tapering fingers and rosy nails looked like jewels preciously cared for.
        The Lerouge Case
        8
        There is a great awakening in this place; thirty of the young women are preciously visited.
        Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel
        9
        He had enveloped her in glamour; his most preciously trained mental qualities lapsed in her presence.
        The Last Shot
        10
        Why would the Collector tell Eddie his most preciously guarded secret, the location of his collection?
        Agents of light and darkness
        11
        I have preciously preserved some of his presents, and carefully concealed them at my leaving France.
        The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
        12
        The same resolution applies to the extensive, and almost preciously silly, literature on human biological futures.
        The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
        13
        Your cousin Philippe... the young man whose letters you kept so preciously....
        The Blonde Lady / Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Ars...
        14
        He had a negro bondsman, called Khosayib, preciously stupid, and him he appointed to rule over Egypt.
        The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
        15
        The manufacture of black silks had become for Florence a specialty the secret of which she guarded preciously.
        System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Miser...
        16
        Furniture of ivory, of ebony and lemonwood, preciously inlaid, gave to the place an air of cunning confusion.
        Tales of Chinatown
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        Preciously through the time