Dictionary entry

Choice (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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/