choicest

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choicest - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Choice \Choice\, a. [Compar. Choicer; superl. Choicest.]
     1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior;
        precious; valuable.
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              My choicest hours of life are lost.   --Swift.
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     2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; --
        used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
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     3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference;
        deliberately chosen.
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              Choice word measured phrase.          --Wordsworth.
  
     Syn: Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare;
          chary; careful/
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