Precious | Mean of precious in English Dictionary

/ˈprɛʃəs/

• rare and worth a lot of money
1. diamonds and other precious stones
2. precious jewels/jewelry
• very valuable or important
1. We can save precious time by taking this shortcut.
2. They were able to be together for only a few precious hours/days.
3. precious resources
• greatly loved, valued, or important
1. precious memories
2. the family's most precious moments
3. a very precious [=dear] friend

• having a very pleasing and usually youthful appearance or quality
1. Aren't those children precious?
• having a too careful, precise, or polite quality that seems false or annoying
1. The sometimes precious writing makes the book difficult to read.
2. precious manners
• very or extremely
1. She had precious little to say.
2. There are precious few hours of sunlight left.