The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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

   Syn: Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare;
        chary; careful/
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