Etymograph

English

pretiously

From pretious + -ly.

Formed from pretious + -ly

Latin pretiōsus ‘valuable, precious’

English pretious

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pretiously”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / pretiously