of great value, especially because very expensive or much loved
too concerned with perfection or unimportant details unnaturally delicate
"a cherished friend"
"children are precious"
"a treasured heirloom"
"so good to feel wanted"
"diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"
"a valued friend"
"precious memories"
"an insufferably precious performance"
"a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"
"there is precious little time left"
Water was precious: one..had to go every day..to fetch it.
出自: D. M. Thomas
Jack took my hand and held it..as if I were a precious possession.
出自: F. Weldon