0 of great value because of being rare, expensive, or important: --
1 behaving in a very formal and unnatural way by giving too much attention to details that are not important and trying too hard to be perfect: --
2 used to express dislike and/or anger: --
You and your precious car - it's all you're interested in!
3 very: --
5 very: --
Also, interpreting time is precious, so routine consultations are missing the interpreting time as the interviews need an interpreter.
In addition, it was necessary to recover the precious metals from the waste produced by goldsmiths or in the minting of coins.
Precious substances, needing environmental stability, are sometimes stored in chalk.
A literary work itself may also function as a crypt for this author, a way of holding onto someone or something precious yet problematic.
There were precious few defenders of this institution.
In addition, advances in surgical techniques increasingly allow for smaller biopsies, and precious tissue samples are quickly exhausted.
One final example of material evidence that indicates social inequality is metalwork, especially that produced in precious metals.
We rely on them to cultivate a very precious natural resource, brainpower, and they consume a significant part of total government expenditure.
