choice \choice\, a. compar. choicer; superl. choicest.
   1. worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior;
      precious; valuable.
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            my choicest hours of life are lost.   --swift.
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   2. preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; --
      used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
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   3. selected with care, and due attention to preference;
      deliberately chosen.
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            choice word measured phrase.          --wordsworth.

   syn: syn. - select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare;
        chary; careful/
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see also:
choicer choicest