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Difference Between Precious and Twee

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Definitions

Precious

Of high cost or worth; valuable
Precious jewels.

Twee

Overly precious or nice.

Precious

Highly esteemed; cherished
Precious moments with the new baby.

Twee

Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.

Precious

Dear; beloved
A friend who is precious to me.
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Twee

Affectedly dainty or refined

Precious

Affectedly dainty or overrefined
Precious mannerisms.

Precious

(Informal) Thoroughgoing; unmitigated
A precious mess.

Precious

One who is dear or beloved; a darling.

Precious

Used as an intensive
"He had precious little right to complain" (James Agee).
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Precious

Of high value or worth.
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.

Precious

Regarded with love or tenderness.
My precious daughter is to marry.

Precious

(pejorative) Treated with too much reverence.
He spent hours painting the eyes of the portrait, which his fellow artists regarded as a bit precious.

Precious

; damned.

Precious

(pejorative) Contrived to be cute or charming.

Precious

(colloquial) Thorough; utter.
A precious rascal

Precious

Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling.

Precious

Very; an intensifier.
There is precious little we can do.
Precious few pictures of him exist

Precious

Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.

Precious

Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.
She is more precious than rules.
Many things which are most precious are neglected only because the value of them lieth hid.

Precious

Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. Précieuse, Preciosity.
Lest that precious folk be with me wroth.
Elaborate embroidery of precious language.

Precious

Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for;
A cherished friend
Children are precious
A treasured heirloom
So good to feel wanted

Precious

Of high worth or cost;
Diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones

Precious

Obviously contrived to charm;
An insufferably precious performance
A child with intolerably cute mannerisms

Precious

Extremely;
There is precious little time left

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