(1):

(a.) Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.

(2):

(a.) Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.

(3):

(a.) Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. Precieuse, Preciosity.

(4):

(a.) Particular; fastidious; overnice.