finely
Adverb
- In a refined, delicate, or excellent manner.
- in tiny pieces
- "the surfaces were finely granular"
- in an elegant manner
- "finely costumed actors"
- in a delicate manner
- "finely shaped features"
Adv
- So as to produce a fine texture; into small, thin, or delicate pieces.
- In a fine, handsome or attractive way; very well.
Examples
- Fledglings can only be fed finely chopped meat.
- He finely tuned his strategy after several practice games.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English finely, fynely, fynly, fineliche, finliche, fynliche, equivalent to fine + -ly.
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Scrabble Score: 12
finely: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfinely: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
finely: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
finely: valid Words With Friends Word