Precious
Precious adjective - Commanding a large price.
Useful and precious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Useful" instead an adjective "Precious".
Nearby Words: preciously, preciosity
Both words in one sentence
- According to the Shumi Elder, Laguna once tried to teach one to speak because he felt sorry that it didn't know any words and he felt that words are "useful and precious." The Elder, however, felt that the truly important things can be communicated without words.
Source: The Speechless -
A meatshield would be very useful to protect you and the more precious monsters under your command.
Source: Video Game / ZDoom Wars -
Farley shows this can be useful for finding precious metals: if they go pink, you've struck gold!
Source: Video Game / Obduction
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