FINELY


Meaning of FINELY in English

adverb

Etymology: Middle English, from fin, fine + -ly

: in a fine manner: as

a. : excellently , splendidly , admirably

the house has been finely restored

a large modern plant finely housed and staffed — American Guide Series: New Hampshire

b. : with nice or close discrimination : to a fine point : discriminatingly , precisely

with color lines so finely drawn that a contemporary record recognized 250 different blood combinations — Time

finely detailed maps and guide books — E.W.Smith

c. : with delicacy or subtlety (as in action, expression, or feeling) : sensitively

you play a little too finely … I want some roughness here — Time

finely modulated thought — Cecil Sprigge

he was a deeply and finely feeling man — T.W.Beach

d. : in small particles : minutely

finely divided nickel

e. : in an impressive or elegant manner : bravely

she moves finely , with a slow steady elegance — Kenneth Tynan

f. : greatly , really — used as an intensive

had his temper finely up now — Mary Deasy

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.