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Significados de costliness en inglés

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

The quality of being expensive.

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Examples for "preciousness"
Examples for "preciousness"
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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
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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
Uso de costliness en inglés
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The results were consequently very unsatisfactory, both as regards inaccuracy and costliness.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
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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
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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
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And each family tried to outdo the rest in the costliness of their parties.
Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back ...
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Productions in gold and ivory, from the costliness of these objects, were extremely rare.
Early European History
8
On the other hand, mere costliness does not constitute the soul of a present.
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
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The costliness of books was a great refiner of literature.
The Function of the Poet, and Other Essays
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Their costliness therefore, lay in those additions which they received from the king's charge.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
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But equally, they all seemed quite unconscious of their costliness.
Clayhanger
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Every window was a miracle of taste, refinement, and costliness.
The Lion's Share
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For its costliness-andthoroughness-itcould have been Houphouët's Taj Mahal.
The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
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Each one exceeded the other in splendor and costliness.
Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
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One lies in its costliness: the average couple cannot afford a double establishment, even temporarily.
In Defense of Women
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There was no affectation of costliness about the rooms, but a wonderful accumulation of comfort.
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 07
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