precious: signification et définitions

Of high cost or worth; valuable.

Highly esteemed; cherished.

Dear; beloved.

Affectedly dainty or overrefined: precious mannerisms.

Informal Thoroughgoing; unmitigated: a precious mess.

One who is dear or beloved; a darling.

Used as an intensive: "He had precious little right to complain” ( James Agee).