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INVALUABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
Synonyms:
invaluable; priceless
Classified under:
Similar:
valuable (having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange)
Derivation:
invaluableness (the positive quality of being precious and beyond value)
Context examples:
In spite of the destruction of so many invaluable negatives, there still remains in our collection a certain number of corroborative photographs showing the conditions of life upon the plateau.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Mr. Dick,” said my aunt triumphantly, “give me your hand, for your common sense is invaluable.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
In such moments of precious, invaluable misery, she rejoiced in tears of agony to be at Cleveland; and as she returned by a different circuit to the house, feeling all the happy privilege of country liberty, of wandering from place to place in free and luxurious solitude, she resolved to spend almost every hour of every day while she remained with the Palmers, in the indulgence of such solitary rambles.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
He was a young schoolmaster out of place when he was first taken up by my father, but he was a man of great energy and character, and he soon became quite invaluable in the household.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The findings of the 'Biorisk' experiment are not only of significant scientific interest, but also invaluable from the practical point of view for the justification of the planetary quarantine strategy during future interplanetary flights, the report said.
(Mutated Terrestrial Bacteria That Return from Space Pose Threat to Life on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Hunter brought the boat round under the stern-port, and Joyce and I set to work loading her with powder tins, muskets, bags of biscuits, kegs of pork, a cask of cognac, and my invaluable medicine chest.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. ’Pon my word, it is a great thing for me to have someone to talk to, for my own thoughts are not over-pleasant.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Elizabeth longed to observe that Mr. Bingley had been a most delightful friend; so easily guided that his worth was invaluable; but she checked herself.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
In his trunk were found the invaluable Bruce-Partington plans, which he had put up for auction in all the naval centres of Europe.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As a conductress of Indian schools, and a helper amongst Indian women, your assistance will be to me invaluable.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
