How to Use preciously in a Sentence

preciously

adverb
  • Perhaps the most important lesson is that a running back’s shelf life is preciously short.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Help your tot look preciously poisonous with this simple DIY.
    — Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 15 Sep. 2022
  • And the big reveal, so preciously protected until the very end, isn’t clever enough to distract from such a muted build-up.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But even though Coptic binding is so old, that doesn’t mean Gallegos’ books have to be treated preciously.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The captives perch preciously on the head of a slave trader who looks straight ahead, indifferent to the others’ suffering.
    — James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Mimi is upbeat without being too perky, her voice soothing without being preciously hushed.
    — Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • This does little, preciously little to explain what was actually going on.
    — Errol Morris, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
  • But one of those preciously few moments of relative urban silence usually comes after a snowstorm.
    — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, 28 Dec. 2019
  • Opt for a colorful set of paring knives that can go in the dishwasher and won’t need to be treated preciously, a sleek kitchen scale, or a set of silicone storage bags for packed school snacks.
    — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Australian folk blues zen master John Butler Trio is a preciously rare concert experience.
    — Aaron Davis, sacbee, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Still, notice how knowledge of the substance of Michael Flynn-Russia contacts remains preciously thin.
    — The Hive, 16 Feb. 2017
  • German cockroaches are a major source of allergens inside the home, Hayes preciously told the Observer.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Those archives offer knowledge, direct inquiring minds and, perhaps most preciously, invite us to stretch our imaginations and reject the most myopic parts of the present.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2022
  • This was actually a pivotal moment in the contest; a preciously rare France counter, something Portugal had rallied against all game.
    — Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
  • Doctor visits over Zoom became popular, in a phenomenon the company hadn't preciously seen.
    — Carmela Chirinos, Fortune, 17 May 2022
  • The new event essentially takes over the spot in May’s upfront week preciously occupied by WarnerMedia.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Apr. 2022
  • This pandemic Christmas Eve has turned what should be a preciously scarce moment to spend time with her family into yet another daily instalment of her life as a widow who lives alone.
    — Emilio Morenatti, ajc, 25 Dec. 2020
  • This 150-room hotel straddles two private beaches and preciously guards its boutique feel, maintaining a historic charm that feels unique among island accommodations.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2024
  • And unlike those other offerings, Frank August isn’t preciously allocated.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The going did not get much easier over time, as Frankfurter made preciously few distinctive contributions to the canon of American constitutional law.
    — Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022
  • In that regard, Spall’s Tom feels respectable, gracious and capable, with believable vulnerabilities that are never portrayed preciously for cheap laughs.
    — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The painter, like the enigmatic Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci, had a preciously small output, with only around 34 canvases thought to have survived to today.
    — CNN, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Hamas and hospital administrators have preciously denied the accusation.
    — Ameera Harouda, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The podcast will be executive produced by Jonathan Wald, who preciously worked with Williams at NBC and executive produced the Amazon special.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Indeed, one of the reasons some men left the League was their perception that the institution treated women too preciously and that the school administration labored to cultivate a puritanical atmosphere in a place that was by nature loose and raucous.
    — Anne Halsey, JSTOR Daily, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile the arches present in the shelving nods to the factory’s furnaces, and the display cases take inspiration from trunks that preciously carried Baccarat pieces to the World Fair on stagecoaches throughout the 19th century.
    — Marissa Muller, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Hospitality is innately altruistic, and the neighborhood restaurant is especially, preciously, precariously so.
    — Heather Sperling, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024

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