Valued
['væljuːd] or ['væljʊd]
Definition
(adj.) (usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind; 'triple-valued' .
(adj.) held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature; 'a valued friend'; 'precious memories' .
Editor: Ronda--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Value
(a.) Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor; a valued friend.
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Examples
- Your husband will be rightly valued. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The coinage of the United States mints since the organization of the government has amounted to nearly 6,000,000,000 pieces, valued at over $4,000,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I, who have valued myself on my abilities! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The annual production of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania is more than 86,000,000 tons of 2,240 pounds, valued at the mines at $198,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was a letter, in short, which she would not but have had for the world, and which could never be valued enough. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Livingstone states that good domestic breeds are highly valued by the negroes in the interior of Africa who have not associated with Europeans. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Elinor saw, with concern, the excess of her sister's sensibility; but by Mrs. Dashwood it was valued and cherished. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- In 1902 the American output of cement was placed at about 21,000,000 barrels, valued at over $17,000,000. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This was quite human, very clannish and Corsican, and it helps us to understand just how he valued his position and the opportunities before him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He valued the sciences, not on their own account, but as they might subserve the purposes of the orator. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Valued at three hundred guineas. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The annual production of natural gas in the United States for 1888 was valued at $22,629,875. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In short, my valued friend, pursued Miss Flite, advancing her lips to my ear with an air of equal patronage and mystery, I must tell you a secret. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Cole said how much taste you had; and Mr. Frank Churchill talked a great deal about your taste, and that he valued taste much more than execution. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He appears to me to be so; at any rate money is highly valued by him as well as by the State. Plato. The Republic.
- She dared not relate the other half of Mr. Darcy's letter, nor explain to her sister how sincerely she had been valued by her friend. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The treasures here, by simple weight, without counting workmanship, were valued at fifty millions of francs! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He valued his sons according to the progress they made in that science. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- How could she have exposed herself to such ill opinion in any one she valued! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Caligula valued himself for being a notable dancer; and to deny that he excelled in that manly accomplishment was high treason. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- You have not valued my courtesy--the courtesy of a lady in loving you--who used to think of far more ambitious things. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He valued their kindness beyond any thing, and his greatest happiness was in being with them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Means to an end are only valued so far as the end is valued. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It was only my station, and the rank of my wife, that you valued? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He endeavours to fill me with hope; and talks as if life were a possession which he valued. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Other letters were written for me by my valued fellow-workers, the sisterhood at the Mothers'-Small-Clothes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We were affectionate playfellows during childhood, and, I believe, dear and valued friends to one another as we grew older. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I thought perhaps the alterations had disturbed some old associations he valued. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- An ox hide, therefore, was in this account valued at the same quantity of silver as 4s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In 1910 there were produced of bituminous coal 388,222,868 tons, valued at $463,654,776; amount of coke manufactured, 37,000,000 tons. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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