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Meanings of preciousness in English

Catalan
preciositat

The quality of being fastidious or excessively refined.

preciositat

The positive quality of being precious and beyond value.

Synonyms
Examples for "pricelessness"
Examples for "pricelessness"
1
She gave him all;-andher pricelessness in his eyes was gone for ever.
An Eye for an Eye
2
The Road affirms belief in the tender pricelessness of the here and now.
The Guardian
3
There is more recollection than force when there is no occasion and more pricelessness.
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein / With Two Shorter Stories
4
But, if you're going to be cheap, the purchase has to have an aura of pricelessness about it.
The Guardian
1
Sallie, wishing to impress me with her invaluableness, did her absolutely Southern best.
Dear Enemy

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

Usage of preciousness in English
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
6
Solskjær has been at pains to ensure new arrivals bring positivity, not preciousness.
The Guardian
7
That preciousness led to a kind of curation you don't really see anymore.
Wired
8
It teaches the preciousness of His individual servants in God's eyes.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
9
O God, my soul doth magnify thee for the preciousness of these thoughts.
Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians
10
Other people than Babylonian sculptors think that bigness is greatness, and dearness preciousness.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
11
From the preciousness of sensation to the harmfulness of being attached to it.
Petals from the sky
12
Unfortunately these precious beings had suffered from their very preciousness.
Last and First Men
13
Endless strings of pearls do not reach the preciousness of One pearl of price.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
14
But we must not on this account question the preciousness of the gift itself.
Mrs. Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters, Volume 3
15
Yet this night was all about the preciousness of Pulisic.
The Guardian
16
With her ingrained feeling of the preciousness of money Alice did not believe him.
There & Back
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Preciousness through the time
Preciousness across language varieties
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