Precious
Precious adjective - Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for.
Usage example: children are precious
Wanted is a synonym for precious. In some cases you can use "Wanted" instead an adjective "Precious".
Nearby Words: preciously, preciosity
Wanted
Wanted adjective - Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for.
Usage example: so good to feel wanted
Both words in one sentence
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Similarly, in the second game, Junpei raised the orphan Quark not because he wanted to be a father but because, post-apocalypse, all human lives are precious.
Source: Family-Unfriendly Aesop -
It turns out that his Mysterious Benefactor is a time traveling alien, who wanted to save the most precious relics of Earth before it's destroyed in a nuclear fireball.
Source: Time Stands Still - All because he "loved" and wanted to "protect" his "precious" little brother.
Source: Unintentionally Unsympathetic
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