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Fine

Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

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Similar meaning 26

Close 84% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Close 84% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Elegant 84% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Elegant 84% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Floury 84% connected

Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour.

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Floury 84% connected

Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour.

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Powdered 84% connected

of Powder

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Powdered 84% connected

of Powder

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Powdery 84% connected

Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery spar.

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Powdery 84% connected

Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery spar.

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Precise 84% connected

Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.

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Precise 84% connected

Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.

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Pulverized 84% connected

of Pulverize

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Pulverized 84% connected

of Pulverize

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Pure 84% connected

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Pure 84% connected

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Satisfactory 84% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

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Satisfactory 84% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Superfine 84% connected

Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth.

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Superfine 84% connected

Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth.

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Tight 84% connected

of Tie

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Tight 84% connected

of Tie

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Manner of action 1

Amerce 76% connected

To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in t…

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Broader term 4

Book 76% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Impose 76% connected

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

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Levy 76% connected

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence wh…

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Penalty 76% connected

Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commissio…

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Derivationally related 8

Amerce 74% connected

To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in t…

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Amerce 74% connected

To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in t…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Amercement 74% connected

The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or w…

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Amercement 74% connected

The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or w…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fineness 74% connected

The quality or condition of being fine.

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Fineness 74% connected

The quality or condition of being fine.

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Ticket 74% connected

A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

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Ticket 74% connected

A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

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Pertains to 1

Exquisite 66% connected

Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction…

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See also 2

Smooth 66% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Smooth 66% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Attribute 2

Texture 66% connected

The act or art of weaving.

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Texture 66% connected

The act or art of weaving.

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Synonym 8

Amercement 92% connected

The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or w…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cool 92% connected

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Delicately 92% connected

In a delicate manner.

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Exquisitely 92% connected

In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought.

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Finely 92% connected

In a fine or finished manner.

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hunky-dory 92% connected

Everything is fine or satisfactory

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Mulct 92% connected

A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.

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Ticket 92% connected

A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

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Antonym 2

Coarse 94% connected

Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; ro…

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Coarse 94% connected

Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; ro…

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