"preciously" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Forms: more preciously [comparative], most preciously [superlative], pretiously [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From Middle English preciously, equivalent to precious + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|preciously}} Middle English preciously, {{suffix|en|precious|ly<id:adverbial>}} precious + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} preciously (comparative more preciously, superlative most preciously)
  1. In a precious manner.
    Sense id: en-preciously-en-adv-i24d3mhh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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