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词汇 preciously
释义 preciously
adverb
 disapprovinguk /ˈpreʃ.əs.li/ us /ˈpreʃ.əs.li/
in a way that is too formal and unnatural: 过分讲究地,做作地
He speaks too preciously for my liking.他说话太做作了,我很不喜欢。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Affected & insincere
affectation
affected
affectedly
archly
artificial
feyness
forced
forcedly
fustian
glib
phony-baloney
piously
ponce
ponce about/around
posey
sugary
super-smooth
superslick
talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom
theatricality

Examples of preciously


preciously
The short, round man who came through the curtains at the back of the store uttered the name preciously as might an old woman.
But this is not to say that 12k's focus - or that of microsound in general - is all academic, nor all preciously quiet and minimalist.
Thus, for example, presidential candidates tended to disguise their neoliberal intentions in a tight race out of fear of losing preciously needed votes.
These companies realised much of their hard-earned and preciously conserved reserves to tide them over the winter period until better days came.
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The green belt is preciously guarded and will continue to be so.
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I am sorry, but time is preciously short.
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We have eroded preciously and nicely built-up rules of evidence which protect our liberties.
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We run into difficulties with the suggestions in the amendment because the advice is becoming preciously close to being secret rather than private.
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At a time when trust is preciously thin on the ground, links with individuals and communities need to be built.
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I urge anybody with an occupational pension to treat it as preciously as they would something under a mattress that they would check from time to time.
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In our constituencies, parents sometimes come to see us with their children, who may be in trouble and who may be excluded from school; often, they are preciously young.
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He always spent his preciously limited time to community service.
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I will measure the time preciously until your response for this article with the family crest which will in the named theatre be honoured.
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Some survivors had mental problems for years after the incident, while others felt their experience had helped them value their lives more preciously.
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It consists of a preciously ornate and sophisticated style, employing in deliberate excess a wide range of literary devices such as antitheses, alliterations, repetitions and rhetorical questions.
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