Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of inestimable worth; invaluable.
- adjective Highly amusing, absurd, or odd.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Too valuable to be priced; beyond price; invaluable.
- Without value; worthless or unsalable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Too valuable to admit of being appraised; of inestimable worth; invaluable.
- adjective rare Of no value; worthless.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective So
precious as not to be sold at anyprice . - adjective
Treasured ; held in high regard. - adjective informal Hilariously amusing.
- adjective obsolete Of no value;
worthless .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
Etymologies
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Examples
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Gentry said in an email to Delahanty last week that it cost about $182 to reunite Hensley with his family, which she called "priceless."
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These all contain priceless works of art which might, at the very least be sold to provide resources for rebuilding the country even if they did not want to preserve the collections for posterity.
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The Saab has paid me back already in priceless memories.
I Love Her, but She May Be Too Expensive Stephen Kreider Yoder 2010
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I obtain priceless info each time I read any of those blogs ...
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To the poles were suspended suit after suit of magnificent buckskin, leggings, shirts, moccasins, all beaded and embroidered in priceless richness, fire bags, tobacco pouches, beaded gun cases, and rabbit robes.
The Shagganappi 1913
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We may have needed this last great sacrifice, to lead us to feel how sacred, how priceless, is the freedom of a land; how dearly bought are the principles of national integrity and virtue.
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He did not possess a particle of that mysterious, yet in his calling priceless, gift termed magnetism for the lack of a better definition.
Miss Lou Edward Payson Roe 1863
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The word priceless has been raped, sure, but if he and the other would-be attendees had the dough, anyone with a ticket could name their price.
Metro Times 2009
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The word priceless has been raped, sure, but if he and the other would-be attendees had the dough, anyone with a ticket could name their price.
Metro Times 2009
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ADVERTISEMENT many of them emotionally "priceless" - the rest of their possessions had to be left behind as the fire alarm sounded and smoke began to fill the venue.
unknown title 2009
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