ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
1. : developed or elaborated with extreme care, skill, delicacy, ingenuity
the satire touches also, with finespun ridicule, every kind of human pretense or affectation — Carl van Doren
a finespun novel
2. : too subtle, tenuous, or refined : engrossed or concerned with narrow or minute detail : developed in excessively fine or hairsplitting detail
the emergency … does not permit of finespun distinctions and long arguments — Newsweek
finespun theories
economics has long enjoyed the reputation of being the most finespun … of the social sciences — R.A.Lester