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Meanings of preciousness in inglês

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The quality of being fastidious or excessively refined.

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The positive quality of being precious and beyond value.

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

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Examples for "dearness"
Examples for "dearness"
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
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 preciousness in inglês
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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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Solskjær has been at pains to ensure new arrivals bring positivity, not preciousness.
The Guardian
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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
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Other people than Babylonian sculptors think that bigness is greatness, and dearness preciousness.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
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From the preciousness of sensation to the harmfulness of being attached to it.
Petals from the sky
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Unfortunately these precious beings had suffered from their very preciousness.
Last and First Men
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Endless strings of pearls do not reach the preciousness of One pearl of price.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
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But we must not on this account question the preciousness of the gift itself.
Mrs. Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters, Volume 3
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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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