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ESLBeginner Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

"precious" and "very"

Hello, please allow me to ask a question: when can I use "precious" to express the meaning of "extremely" / "very", as an adverb ? is it able to be used this way only in some perticular conditions / context?

Thanks in advance.
  

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I am familiar with it only in the set phrase " precious little/few ". '

— Mister Micawber

  • I am familiar with it only in the set phrase " precious little/few ".
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I am familiar with it only in the set phrase "precious little/few". It is rather informal: 'I have precious few friends since the Titanic went down.'
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