Meaning

• Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling.

Meaning

• Of high value or worth.

  "The crown had many precious gemstones.   This building work needs site access, and tell the city council that I don't care about a few lorry tyre ruts across their precious grass verge."

• Regarded with love or tenderness.

  "My precious daughter is to marry."

• Treated with too much reverence.

  "He spent hours painting the eyes of the portrait, which his fellow artists regarded as a bit precious."

• Contrived to be cute or charming.

Meaning

• Very; an intensifier.

  "There is precious little we can do."