31. But as portrayed with an uncompromising lack of preciousness by Ms . Claypool, Ida refuses to reassure. 32. By his own account, he has " an absolute horror of prissiness and preciousness ." 33. As a result, her work is sometimes accused of intellectual preciousness , of a certain academic smugness. 34. "It wasn't even the preciousness of the gems or the famous people who owned them. 35. He said Radner's life and death taught him " the preciousness of each moment ." 36. The line between whimsical wit and preciousness is definitely blurrier in the stage version, directed by Shirley Kaplan. 37. What, exactly, does such strained preciousness have to do with Truman Capote's life or work? 38. The virtue of Herzog & AMP; de Meuron's approach here is its very lack of preciousness . 39. Seduced by his craft, the craftsman all too often produces objects of fussy preciousness rather than bold originality. 40. I'm now leaning, first thing in the morning, to'preciousness and emblematic heft '.
