choi

a. [ Compar. Choicer superl. Choicest ] 1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. [ 1913 Webster ]

My choicest hours of life are lost. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Choice word measured phrase. Wordsworth.

Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/ [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making choices; fickle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His choiceful sense with every change doth fit. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference. “A band of men collected choicely, from each county some.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently. “Choicely good.” Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. quer, OF. cuer, F. chœur, fr. L. chorus a choral dance, chorus, choir, fr. Gr. &unr_;, orig. dancing place; prob. akin to &unr_; inclosure, L. hortus garden, and E. yard. See Chorus. ] 1. A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [ Formerly written also quire. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That part of a church appropriated to the singers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) The chancel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Choir organ (Mus.), one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir. --
Choir screen,
Choir wall (Arch.), a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles. --
Choir service, the service of singing performed by the choir. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a boy who sings in a choir. [ WordNet 1.5 ]