What is the meaning of Precious?

Of high value or worth.

Regarded with love or tenderness.

Treated with too much reverence.

Extremely protective or strict (about something).

Blasted; damned.

Contrived to be cute or charming.

Thorough; utter.

Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling.

Very; an intensifier.

Source: wiktionary.org