treasurable

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That life force comes through especially vividly in Whoopi Goldberg’s treasurable few scenes as Mamie’s supportive mother, Alma, and also in Hall’s boisterous performance as Emmett, presented here as the most gregarious of jokesters.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2022

"I've found all sorts of things but I think this is the most treasurable because it means so much to so many different people," Mr Hunt added.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2021

No less treasurable was her performance as Bel in Pinter's Moonlight at the Almeida in 1993.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2011

As it is, the Seventh has gained recognition as one of Beethoven’s great and weighty works in C minor, and the Eighth, in G, is treasurable as a repository of sparkling Beethovenian wit.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2010

Sometimes as I am falling asleep in a dark, quiet room I have for a moment a great and treasurable illusion of the past.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin