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How to pronounce preciousness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms invaluableness, pricelessness, valuableness
Type of value
Has types gold
Derivation precious
Type Words
Synonyms preciosity
Type of affectedness
Derivation precious
Type Words
Synonyms costliness, dearness
Type of expensiveness
Derivation precious

Examples of preciousness

preciousness
The event is painful, therapeutic and a remainder of the preciousness of life.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
Originally in Latin the word caritas meant preciousness, dearness, high price.
From the en.wikipedia.org
How could we possible do this if we're not aware of the preciousness of life?
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
It carries a sense of life's precariousness, its absurdity and preciousness.
From the guardian.co.uk
She reminds me of the preciousness of life and rebukes my propensity for misconduct.
From the newsweek.com
Luckily, once you get past that bit of preciousness, you'll find some good sandwiches.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Treadaway, on the other hand, inhabits his character without distancing preciousness.
From the theater.nytimes.com
The metal he uses threatens to contaminate the work with preciousness.
From the sfgate.com
He had to be triple cautious because this guy had no sense of the preciousness of life.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
  • Costliness: the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
  • Invaluableness: the positive quality of being precious and beyond value
  • Preciosity: the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined
  • The condition of being precious; costliness