Precious few
Also, precious little. Very few, very little, as in There are precious few leaves left on the trees, or We have precious little fuel left. In these idioms precious serves as an intensive, a colloquial usage dating from the first half of the 1800s.
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- Preciously
adjective 1. of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals. 2. highly esteemed for some spiritual, nonmaterial, or moral quality: precious memories. 3. dear; beloved: a precious child. 4. affectedly or excessively delicate, refined, or nice: precious manners. 5. flagrant; gross: a precious fool. noun 6. a dearly beloved person; darling. […]
- Precious-metal
noun 1. a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group. precious metal noun 1. any of the metals gold, silver, or platinum
- Preciousness
adjective 1. of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals. 2. highly esteemed for some spiritual, nonmaterial, or moral quality: precious memories. 3. dear; beloved: a precious child. 4. affectedly or excessively delicate, refined, or nice: precious manners. 5. flagrant; gross: a precious fool. noun 6. a dearly beloved person; darling. […]
- Precious-opal
noun 1. any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- Precious-stone
noun 1. a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry. precious stone noun 1. any of certain rare minerals, such as diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald, or opal, that are highly valued as gemstones