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Example sentences for "preciously"

Lexicographically close words:
precinct; precincts; precio; preciosity; precious; preciousness; precipice; precipices; precipitable; precipitance
  1. The powerful presence of the Lord was preciously felt amongst us.

  2. I shall eventually find the flaw in his cuirass; and if I do not succeed, I must be preciously clumsy.

  3. Cincinnatus has never found an imitator in history, and that is the reason why his memory has been so preciously kept up by all to the present day.

  4. Murmuring sore when the Twain Beloved came and called them again, yet carrying whatsoever they could with them (more preciously than all things else save their little ones, the seed of corn!

  5. Tagrag and the Baron ran courses against the other champions; ay, and unhorsed two apiece; whereupon the other three refused to turn out; and preciously we laughed at them, to be sure!

  6. We read him the paragraph, and preciously angry he was.

  7. We owe him our gratitude for all the things by which he has delighted our eyes and our minds; hence, our friendship for him has sunk into our hearts like a perfumed shower, and our bosoms preciously conceal it.

  8. After amusing the family circle, I kept the letters preciously as proofs of the illusion I had produced.

  9. Loyal Heart said good-humouredly, "You have a preciously sad face.

  10. You will allow me to remark that you have a preciously short memory.

  11. If he recover, which I did not yet assert, he can say that he has made a preciously long journey.

  12. His heart was filled with love for me, and I felt the sweetness of his spirit to encourage me; preciously was the divine unction spread over us.

  13. There is a great awakening in this place; thirty of the young women are preciously visited.

  14. I had preciously seen Jesus preach and perform miraculous cures there, and the disciples frequently passed the night in the side rooms.

  15. After he lay back on the couch she bathed his face, and rubbed into the wounds salves which her father had given to her mother and which for years had been preciously preserved.

  16. While these were unloaded a half-dozen eager natives hastened into their tents and hurriedly brought out their portions of the preciously preserved skins and ivories of the meagre summer hunt.

  17. He had a negro bondsman, called Khosayib, preciously stupid, and him he appointed to rule over Egypt.


  18. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preciously" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.