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Webster 1913 Edition
Finely
Fine′ly
,adv.
In a fine or finished manner.
Webster 1828 Edition
Finely
FI'NELY
, adv.1.
In minute parts; as a substance finely pulverized.2.
To a thin or sharp edge; as an instrument finely sharpened.3.
Gaily; handsomely; beautifully; with elegance and taste. she was finely attired.4.
With elegance or beauty.Plutarch says very finely, that a man should not allow himself to hate even his enemies; for it you indulge this passion on some occasions, it will rise of itself in others.
5.
With advantage; very favorably; as a house or garden finely situated.6.
Nicely; delicately; as a stuff finely wrought.7.
Purely; completely.8.
By way of irony, wretchedly; in a manner deserving of contemptuous notice. He is finely caught in his own snare.Definition 2024
finely
finely
English
Adverb
finely (comparative finelier or more finely, superlative fineliest or most finely)
- In a manner to produce a fine result; as to grind finely means to grid to a fine powder.
- Very well, in a great way
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 2
- This girl could not be above eighteen: her face regular and sweet-featur'd, her shape exquisite; nor could I help envying her two ripe enchanting breasts, finely plump'd out in flesh
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 2
Translations
in a manner to produce a fine result