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a
: having a value beyond any price : invaluable
b
: costly because of rarity or quality : precious
2
: having worth in terms of other than market value
3
: delightfully amusing, odd, or absurd
pricelessly
adverb
Examples of priceless in a Sentence
a priceless piece of information
The look on his face was priceless.
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The admission of wrongdoing by the British Museum stems from the reputation-destroying revelation last summer that a museum staffer had for years been pilfering the institution’s priceless treasures and peddling them on eBay for a pittance.
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News Desk, Artforum, 13 Aug. 2024
Mega gallery Gagosian opened in 2020, and this past May, Michael Werner Gallery made its Athenian debut in an elegant apartment steps from the Museum of Cycladic Art—which, in striking juxtaposition to its priceless antiquities, currently has a Cindy Sherman show on view.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2024
Danny is pathetic, alone and deeply in debt to the Polish mob, so he re-enters Curry’s life to steal a priceless game jersey to pay the debt and, when caught, makes up a whopper about his teenage daughter, Charlie (Layla Scalisi), having a terminal illness.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
Everyone’s favorite Peruvian bear pursues a priceless pop-up book in this pitch-perfect sequel.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2024
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News Desk, Artforum, 13 Aug. 2024
Mega gallery Gagosian opened in 2020, and this past May, Michael Werner Gallery made its Athenian debut in an elegant apartment steps from the Museum of Cycladic Art—which, in striking juxtaposition to its priceless antiquities, currently has a Cindy Sherman show on view.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2024
Danny is pathetic, alone and deeply in debt to the Polish mob, so he re-enters Curry’s life to steal a priceless game jersey to pay the debt and, when caught, makes up a whopper about his teenage daughter, Charlie (Layla Scalisi), having a terminal illness.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
Everyone’s favorite Peruvian bear pursues a priceless pop-up book in this pitch-perfect sequel.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2024
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priceless
adjective
price·less
ˈprī-sləs 
1
: too valuable to have a price : not to be bought at any price
2
: very funny or strange
a priceless remark
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