finer

Adjective

fine (comparative finer, superlative finest)

1. Of superior quality.
   • The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.

   Synonyms:

   good, excellent

2. (ironic) Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.
   • You're a fine one to talk about laziness.

   Synonyms:

   hell of a

3. (informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory; having one's well-being be no cause for concern.
   • How are you today? – Fine.

   Synonyms:

   all right, ok, o.k., okay, hunky-dory, kosher

4. (informal) Good-looking, attractive.
   • That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation.
5. Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
   • In any case, Feinsilver’s nomenclatural suggestions and fine distinctions did not enjoy widespread adoption.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 7
6. (obsolete) Showy; overdecorated.
   • They will permit the poet to select any action he pleases, and to suffer that action to go as it will, provided he gratifies them with occasional bursts of fine writing1853, Matthew Arnold, Preface to The Poems of Matthew Arnold

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