preciousness's Usage Examples:

of preciousness, or the challenge of art jewelers in the United States and Europe to the idea that jewelry's value was equivalent to the preciousness of.

on academic pretension, female education, and préciosité (French for preciousness), it was one of his most popular comedies and the last of his great plays.

indulged in lively conversations, word games and, in a word, préciosité (preciousness).

felicitous mix of magical high adventure and humor, avoiding much of the preciousness that can infect anthropomorphic fantasy.

(1997) as a trilogy, since these are connected by the theme of life's preciousness.

colour photographs and eschewing of "Victorian polixity and classical preciousness".

literary style called préciosité (French pronunciation: ​[pʁesjɔzite], preciousness) arose in the 17th century from the lively conversations and playful.

Upon his death in 1939, The Times described him as "entirely devoid of preciousness or histrionic mannerisms, his acting depended chiefly on the ripeness.

works which rank among the highlights of Carolingian art in beauty and preciousness.

Tristan of Thomas, judged that though it has neither the grace nor the preciousness of that romance, it equals it in sincerity and intensity of emotion and.

For the beauty of its paintings, the preciousness of marble revetments covering its walls and the importance of the artists.

texts and mantras under her care, she reminds the practitioner of their preciousness and secrecy.

According to art critic Roberta Smith, his work "questions notions of preciousness and art-market exclusivity while delivering a fizzy visual pleasure".

followed by the preciousness of human rebirth.

: lama), followed by the preciousness of human rebirth.

profusion stamped; so that the precious gold seems almost to derive an added preciousness and enhancing glories, by passing through those fancy mints, so Spanishly.

origin of the name is uncertain, but it may derive from the perceived preciousness of its content, or from the fact that the interior was lined with gold.

Inspired and motivated by the preciousness and large-heartedness of the benevolent founder.

convince[s] us of the preciousness of our oceans not through lectures but through his characters' steady.

electronic genres, and felt that the documentary theme expressed the preciousness of music.

turn up that contrast a little bit without getting bogged down into preciousness and psychobabble.

Synonyms:

costliness; expensiveness; dearness;

Antonyms:

dark; lightness; darkness; inexpensiveness;