fine

fine
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adj
1. good, satisfactory, acceptable, all right, Inf.O.K., Sl. copacetic, Sl. hunky-dory, Chiefly Brit. Inf. tickety-boo, Archaic. rum; quality, superior, high grade, choice, select; splendid, Inf. splendiferous, superb, magnificent, Sl. swell, Sl. cool, Brit. Sl. ripping; excellent, first-rate, first-class, prime, top drawer, Inf. out of this world.
2. pure, solid, sterling, twenty-four carat, one hundred percent; unadulterated, unpolluted, clear.
3. ground, powdered, crushed, pulverized, comminute, triturated, particled; grated, minced, chopped.
4. fragile, delicate, frail, dainty, slight, small, tiny, Inf. teeny; thin, tapered, attenuated, slender; filamentary, filamentous, filamented, fibriform, fibrillar, fi-brilliform, threadlike, hairlike, fibratus, tendrillar, tendrilous.
5. gossamery, gossamer, gossamered, chiffon, sheer, tissuey, tissuelike, finely woven; gauzy, gauzelike, light, lightweight, flimsy, cobwebby, filmy, diaphanous, transparent, translucent, pellucid, airy, ethereal.
6. refined, cultured, polished, finished; tasteful, discerning, discriminating, fastidious, nice, precious; elegant, exquisite, high-fashion, fashionable, stylish, modish, chic, smart, Inf. nifty, Brit. Sl. nobby; elaborate, lavish, ornate, gaudy, garish, ostentatious, showy, flashy.
7. subtle, elusive, fine-drawn, finespun, finely honed; witty, clever, urbane, suave, sophisticated; keen, acute, sharp, perspicacious, quick, intelligent, apt.
8. good-looking, handsome, pleasing to the eye, seemly, Scot. wally; gorgeous, beautiful, Chiefly Literary. beauteous, pretty, lovely, fair, comely, becoming, attractive, Chiefly U.S. Inf. cute, Chiefly Scot. bonny. —inter/.
9. all right, okay, Inf.O.K., Inf. okey-dokey; agreed, very well, good enough, good, you bet, suits me, sure.
II
n
1. mulct, amercement, penalty, settlement, Law. damages; forfeiture, forfeit, confiscation, Law. sequestration; fixed fee, fee, charge, cost
v
2. mulct, amerce, impose a fine upon; confiscate, Law. sequestrate; penalize, punish, exact punishment.

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