finely

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   Into very small or thin pieces.

   Add some finely chopped onion to the sauce.

2. 2
   adv

   In a delicate or carefully made way.

   The actors wore finely detailed costumes.

Common collocations

• finely shaped Adverb + adjective

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

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