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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"

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

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— As We Are and As We May Be • Sir Walter Besant

... goes on unceasingly. We all get on well, but I have not got the communal spirit, and the fact of being a unit of women is not the side of it that I find most interesting. The communal food is my despair. I can not eat it. All the same this is a fine experience, and I hope we'll come well out of it. There is boundless opportunity, and we are in luck to have a chance of doing ...

— My War Experiences in Two Continents • Sarah Macnaughtan

... whereas if you had come to me I could have told her that about M. de Tignonville which would have surprised her, you will go on waiting and waiting and waiting until one fine day you'll wake up ...

— Count Hannibal - A Romance of the Court of France • Stanley J. Weyman

... stale loaf in a pint of milk; grate half a pound of cheese; stir it into the bread and milk; beat up separately four yolks and four whites of eggs, and a little pepper and salt, and beat the whole together till very fine. Butter the pan, and put into the oven about the time the first course is ...

— The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; • Charlotte Campbell Bury

... about her trousseau; all brides require trousseaux," said Edith, who, although unorthodox in most things, did not think it seemly that a bride should go to the altar without fine clothes. ...

— The Time of Roses • L. T. Meade

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