Choice, a. [Compar.Choicer (?); superl.Choicest (?).] 1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
My choicest hours of life are lost.
Swift.
2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; — used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.
Choice word measured phrase.
Wordsworth.
Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/