Precious

a.	1.	Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.
	2.	Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections. She is more precious than rules. - Prov. iii. 15. Many things which are most precious are neglected only because the value of them lieth hid. - Hooker.
	3.	Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. Précieuse, Preciosity. Lest that precious folk be with me wroth. - Chaucer. Elaborate embroidery of precious language. - Saintsbury. Precious metals the uncommon and highly valuable metals, esp. gold and silver. Precious stones gems; jewels.

Adj.	1.	precious - characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for; "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted" Synonyms: cherished, treasured, wanted
	2.	precious - of high worth or cost; "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"
	3.	precious - obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms" Synonyms: cute
Adv.	1.	precious - extremely; "there is precious little time left" Synonyms: preciously

Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, absolute, admired, adored, affected, alembicated, angel, arrant, artful, artificial, babe, baby, baby-doll, beloved, beyond price, buttercup, cherished, cherub, chichi, chick, chickabiddy, choice, choosy, classical, complete, consummate, crass, darling, dearly beloved, deary, decided, definitive, doll, downright, duck, duckling, effete, egregious, elaborate, elaborated, elegant, euphemistic, euphuistic, exact, exquisite, fastidious, favorite, finicky, flagrant, formalistic, fussy, glaring, golden, good as gold, goody good-good, goody-goody, gross, hallowed, held dear, high-priced, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, hyperelegant, idolized, inestimable, intolerable, invaluable, irreplaceable, la-di-da, lamb, lambkin, love, loved, lover, mannered, methodical, meticulous, mincing, namby-pamby, nice, of great price, orderly, ostentatious, out-and-out, outright, overdone, overelaborate, overelegant, overnice, overprecise, overrefined, particular, pedantic, perfect, persnickety, pet, petkins, picky, popular, positive, precieuse, precieux, precious heart, precise, precisian, precisianistic, precisionist, precisionistic, pretentious, pricey, prized, profound, pronounced, proper, punctilious, puristic, rank, rare, recherche, regular, revered, rich, scrupulous, shattering, shocking, showy, simpering, snookums, sophisticated, squeamish, stark, stark-staring, studied, sugar, superlative, surpassing, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, treasured, unbearable, unconscionable, undeniable, unequivocal, unmitigated, unnatural, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, utter, valued, venerable, venerated, well-beloved, well-liked, white-haired, worthy