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Fine

adjective

(compar. finer; superl. finest)

1.

Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition. Synonyms: all right, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay. "The passengers were shaken up but are all right" , "Is everything all right?" , "Everything's fine" , "Things are okay" , "Dinner and the movies had been fine" , "Another minute I'd have been fine"

2.

Minutely precise especially in differences in meaning.

3.

Thin in thickness or diameter. "Fine hairs" , "Read the fine print"

4.

Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment. "Looking fine in her Easter suit" , "A fine gentleman" , "Fine china and crystal" , "A fine violinist" , "The fine hand of a master"

5.

Of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles. "Fine powdery snow" , "Fine rain" , "Batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave" , "Covered with a fine film of dust" Antonym: coarse.

6.

Free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity.

noun

1.

Money extracted as a penalty. Synonyms: amercement, mulct.

verb

(past & past part. fined; pres. part. fining)

1.

Issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty. Synonym: ticket. "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"

adverb

1.

An expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence. Synonyms: all right, alright, OK, very well.

2.

In a delicate manner. Synonyms: delicately, exquisitely, finely. "Her fine drawn body"

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"Fine" Quotes from Famous Books

... understand or care about fine music; but there is something in his violin which goes to the very heart. Sophia sung too, and we were once more merry in hall—the first time for this many a month and ...

— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott - From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford • Walter Scott

... hand," replied Elsie; "the pleasure depends on how agreeable you make yourself. I suppose you have come back with such fine foreign manners that you will hardly deign to notice us poor ...

— A Noble Woman • Ann S. Stephens

... not home-keeping soldiers. Every one of them has served over-seas, and it was a pity that their names and the record of their services were not printed in the programme, for it is a fine and inspiriting list, and a striking disproof of the old tradition that musicians must needs be long-haired, sallow and unathletic. Alert and young and vigorous they appealed to the eye as well as to the ear, and they played, as they fought, ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, February 18th, 1920 • Various

... head. Then insert some larger pieces of tow with the fingers or tongs into the body, and when you have shaped it as nearly as possible to the original body of the bird—taking care to nicely observe the adjustment of the several parts—neatly sew up the skin with a fine needle and thread by an under stitch on the edges of the skin, drawing it tight after two or three stitches; and thus proceed until the bottom is reached, avoiding the common fault of sewing the feathers ...

— Practical Taxidermy • Montagu Browne

... all his fine projects and preparations collapsed a few days afterwards, owing to the intervention of the police, who raided the premises in the Rue Turbigo, and carried off all the papers they found there. They justified these summary proceedings on the ground that General Trochu had forbidden ...

— My Days of Adventure - The Fall of France, 1870-71 • Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

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