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| | # Of high [[value]] or [[worth]], or seemingly regarded as such. | | # Of high [[value]] or [[worth]], or seemingly regarded as such. |
| − | #* The crown had many '''precious''' gemstones. | + | #*{{quote-magazine|date=2013-08-16|author={{w|Polly Toynbee}} |
| − | #* This building work needs site access, and tell the city council that I don't care about a few lorry tyre ruts across their '''precious''' grass verge. | + | |volume=189|issue=10|page=21|magazine={{w|The Guardian Weekly}} |
| | + | |title=[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/8/booming-population-birth-rate-great-opportunity Britain's booming birthrate] |
| | + | |passage=People are a good thing, the most '''precious''' resource in a rich economy, so the progressive-minded feel. Only misanthropists disagree or the dottier Malthusians who send green-ink tweets deploring any state assistance for child-rearing.}} |
| | + | #: {{usex|lang=en|The crown had many '''precious''' gemstones. This building work needs site access, and tell the city council that I don't care about a few lorry tyre ruts across their '''precious''' grass verge.}} |
| | # Regarded with [[love]] or [[tenderness]]. | | # Regarded with [[love]] or [[tenderness]]. |
| − | #* My '''precious''' daughter is to marry. | + | #: {{usex|lang=en|My '''precious''' daughter is to marry.}} |
| | # {{context|pejorative|lang=en}} Treated with too much [[reverence]]. | | # {{context|pejorative|lang=en}} Treated with too much [[reverence]]. |
| − | #* He spent hours painting the eyes of the portrait, which his fellow artists regarded as a bit '''precious'''. | + | #: {{usex|lang=en|He spent hours painting the eyes of the portrait, which his fellow artists regarded as a bit '''precious'''.}} |
| | # {{context|pejorative|lang=en}} Contrived to be cute or charming. | | # {{context|pejorative|lang=en}} Contrived to be cute or charming. |
| − | #* {{quote-news | + | #* {{quote-news|year=2012|date=May 24|author=Nathan Rabin|work=The Onion AV Club |
| − | |year=2012 | + | |title=[http://www.avclub.com/articles/men-in-black-3,75576/ Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3] |
| − | |date=May 24 | |
| − | |author=Nathan Rabin | |
| − | |title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 | |
| − | |work=The Onion AV Club | |
| − | |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/men-in-black-3,75576/ | |
| − | |page= | |
| | |passage=In the abstract, Stuhlbarg's twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as '''precious''' into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.}} | | |passage=In the abstract, Stuhlbarg's twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as '''precious''' into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.}} |
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