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The 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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