Invaluable
[ɪn'væljʊ(ə)b(ə)l] or [ɪn'væljʊəbl]
Definition
(adj.) having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth .
Editor: Madge--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Valuable beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious.
Typed by Dave
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Inestimable, priceless, very precious, above all value, above all price.
Edited by Everett
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Inestimable, precious, priceless,[See VALUABLE]
Editor: Sasha
Definition
adj. that cannot be valued: priceless.—adv. Inval′uably.
Typist: Ralph
Examples
- The question is now as to its status as a means of realizing something else, which is then the invaluable of that situation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, grasping his hand, 'you're a capital fellow; an invaluable fellow. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Your presence might be invaluable. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was always the chance that Horrock might say something quite invaluable at the right moment. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Miss Eyre has been an invaluable companion to me, and a kind and careful teacher to Adele. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And his invaluable trick of just having come from somewhere else where he is very trusted and important. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Fortunately he recovered, and in time went back to the work which was proving so invaluable for the world of science. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- As a conductress of Indian schools, and a helper amongst Indian women, your assistance will be to me invaluable. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- On the contrary, of late I regard my life as invaluable. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He brought the invaluable faculty, called common sense, to bear on the Colonel's letter. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Murray's invaluable guide-books have mentioned 'Far-away Moses' name, and he is a made man. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If I take a school an educated woman would be invaluable as a help to me. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- While to every age these volumes cannot fail of being deeply interesting, to the young more especially they may be made of invaluable use. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This was one of the occasions on which the invaluable habit of smoking becomes especially precious and consolatory. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A woman's tact is invaluable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The apparatus has proved invaluable in surgery and has become an accepted part of the equipment of modern surgery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Ladislaw has been invaluable, most satisfactory. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They are invaluable; and if a thing is invaluable, it is neither more nor less so than any other invaluable. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Such a reconnaissance, like that of a coming field of battle, was invaluable, and may help give a further idea of the man's inveterate care for the minutiae of things. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In such a country as Alaska, where there are constant heavy sleet and snow storms, the wireless should prove invaluable. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Helen Hill, librarian of the same school, has been of invaluable service as regards suggestions and proof reading. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This invaluable friend was a very young woman, and very lately married. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Harriet is worth a hundred suchAnd for a wifea sensible man's wifeit is invaluable. Jane Austen. Emma.
- An invaluable man is Rokesmith,' said Mr Boffin, after some two or three months. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She was of little use as far as communication of knowledge went, but for strict surveillance and maintenance of rules she was invaluable. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was the beginning of the slide rule, which has been found of invaluable aid to accountants and engineers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They were invaluable elements, but far from all that was necessary. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To this fact is due the unique, the invaluable place of science in education, and also the dangers which threaten its right use. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He lost little by it, and in the long run the wide-spread advertising of this policy of business proved an invaluable asset. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Typist: Ralph