precious

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Synonyms: previous, prescious, premious, parecious, precarious, gracious, specious, precocious, precis, predacious, egrecious

Antonyms: previous, prescious, premious, parecious, precarious, gracious, specious, precocious, precis, predacious, egrecious

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Adjective

1. Of high [[value]] or [[worth]].
2. Regarded with [[love]] or [[tenderness]].
3. {{lb|en|pejorative|antiphrastic}} Treated with too much [[reverence]].
4. {{lb|en|writing|ironic}} Excessively complicated.
5. {{lb|en|informal|followed by '''''[[about#Preposition|about]]'''''}} Extremely [[protective#Adjective|protective]] or [[strict#Adjective|strict]] (about something).
6. {{lb|en|informal|pejorative}} {{cap|blasted}}; [[damned]].
7. {{lb|en|pejorative}} Contrived to be cute or charming.
8. {{lb|en|colloquial}} [[thorough|Thorough]]; [[utter]].

Noun

1. Someone (or something) who is [[loved]]; a [[darling]].

Adverb

1. [[very|Very]]; {{non-gloss|an [[intensifier]].}}

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|from=nicknames}}, originating as a male or female [[nickname]].
2. {{given name|en|female|from=English}}.

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