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Significados de preciosity en inglés

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preciositat

The quality of being fastidious or excessively refined.

        preciositat
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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
        Uso de preciosity en inglés
        1
        His worst fault, however, lies in his obscurity and preciosity of diction.
        Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
        2
        Of mere preciosity and phrase-making without any special obscurity examples abound.
        Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
        3
        Her very daintiness and preciosity of speech indicated it.
        The Blazed Trail
        4
        The handling throughout workmanlike, with some four or five touches of preciosity, which I regret.
        The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1
        5
        Those five months had been a microcosm of the era itself-naive, flirtatious, formal to the point of preciosity, and romantic.
        Carrion comfort
        6
        Though there is more than a touch of preciosity and intellectual gamesmanship, there is also enough flair and humour to bring it off.
        The Irish Times
        7
        Although slightly tinged with pedantism and preciosity, its freshness, its grace, its inspiration and sincerity, give it a flavour almost of primitive art.
        The French Revolution: A Short History
        8
        Moreover, a wide outlook will help us to avoid exaggerations, preciosities, and fanaticisms.
        Nature Mysticism
        9
        "But I do not want to give up the little rifle entirely," she went on, with dainty preciosity, watching him closely.
        The Call of the North
        Translations for preciosity
        catalán
        preciositat
        Preciosity a través del tiempo