Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precious little

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: pre-cious lit-tle
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

det

Almost nothing; hardly anything.

Example Sentences

"Precious little thanks we got!"
"Sandbanks, marshes, forests, savages, - precious little to eat fit for a civilised man, nothing but Thames water to drink."
"Then I hit the real world and in the next decade encountered precious little in the way of Twainesque romance or riches."

Synonyms

precious few

Questions

What does precious little mean?: Almost nothing; hardly anything.

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