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finely

/ˈfaɪnli/

finely adverb: so as to produce a fine texture; into small, thin, or delicate pieces.

Adverb

finely (comparative finelier or more finely, superlative fineliest or most finely)

  1. So as to produce a fine texture; into small, thin, or delicate pieces.
    • Fledglings can only be fed finely chopped meat.
  2. In a fine, handsome or attractive way; very well.
    • 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 flesh1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
    • Conversation with simple, respectful George Larch and that quite charming fellow Vallett had convinced him that everything was going to turn out finely.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

finely meaning in Marathi

finely in Marathi

बारीकपणे

Examples of finely in a sentence

  • Coarsely milled maize is termed cornmeal, but when finely milled and sifted it is called corn flour.
  • Attempts to fuse and defluorinate rock phosphate by feeding the finely ground material into the flame of a blast lamp were not successful.
  • Woven bone is readily distinguished macroscopically by its finely porous appearance.

All 40 example sentences with finely

Forms of finely

comparativefinelier
comparativemore finely
superlativefineliest
superlativemost finely

Origin of finely

From Middle English finely, fynely, fynly, fineliche, finliche, fynliche, equivalent to fine + -ly.

Words formed from finely

Phrases with finely

Questions about finely

What does finely mean?
Finely means so as to produce a fine texture; into small, thin, or delicate pieces.
What is finely in Marathi?
Finely in Marathi is बारीकपणे. See Finely meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is finely?
Finely is an adverb.
How do you pronounce finely?
Finely is pronounced /ˈfaɪnli/.

Words near finely in the dictionary

  1. fineliest
  2. fineliner
  3. fineliners
  4. Finelli
  5. Finellis
  6. finely
  7. Fineman
  8. Finemans
  9. fineness
  10. finenesses
  11. fineprint

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