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pretiously

pretiously is the obsolete form of preciously.

Meaning of preciously

Adverb

preciously (comparative more preciously, superlative most preciously)

  1. In a precious manner.

Forms of pretiously

comparativemore pretiously
superlativemost pretiously

Origin of pretiously

From pretious + -ly.

Questions about pretiously

What is pretiously the obsolete form of?
Pretiously is the obsolete form of preciously.

Words near pretiously in the dictionary

  1. pretin
  2. pretinned
  3. pretinning
  4. pretins
  5. pretious
  6. pretiously
  7. pretirement
  8. pretitrated
  9. pretium affectionis
  10. Pretlove
  11. Pretloves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pretiously (page history and authors); preciously (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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