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 "
1 A sense of the preciousness of the despised thing wakes in him.
2 A tale for the young, illustrative of the preciousness of Scripture promises.
3 Moreover they were taught industry, self-denial, benevolence, and the preciousness of time.
4 Underneath all the preciousness , his movements were careful, his face too still.
5 There is a certain precociousness and preciousness about young children's books.
1 But he had not dreamed of the dearness of the little face.
2 They began rating the mighty one for the dearness of his corn.
3 But Giles himself recognized no decline in his sense of her dearness .
4 I see him in Bobbie; I feel him in Bobbie's dearness and naughtiness.
5 He is paid in proportion to the dearness of the article.
1 The results were consequently very unsatisfactory, both as regards inaccuracy and costliness .
2 This room was an exquisite combination of costliness and comfort,-Luxuryat home.
3 It signifies this even in costliness ; but in form it signifies infinitely more.
4 The alarming costliness of the gift caused talk in the green-room.
5 From its costliness , however, this is only desirable for small work.
6 And each family tried to outdo the rest in the costliness of their parties.
7 Productions in gold and ivory, from the costliness of these objects, were extremely rare.
8 On the other hand, mere costliness does not constitute the soul of a present.
9 The costliness of books was a great refiner of literature.
10 Their costliness therefore, lay in those additions which they received from the king's charge.
11 But equally, they all seemed quite unconscious of their costliness .
12 Every window was a miracle of taste, refinement, and costliness .
13 For its costliness - and thoroughness - it could have been Houphouët's Taj Mahal.
14 Each one exceeded the other in splendor and costliness .
15 One lies in its costliness : the average couple cannot afford a double establishment, even temporarily.
16 There was no affectation of costliness about the rooms, but a wonderful accumulation of comfort.
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