FINELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does finely mean? 

• FINELY (adverb)
  The adverb FINELY has 3 senses:

1. in tiny pieces

2. in an elegant manner

3. in a delicate manner

  Familiarity information: FINELY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In tiny pieces

Context example:

the surfaces were finely granular

Antonym:

coarsely (in coarse pieces)

Pertainym:

fine (of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In an elegant manner

Context example:

finely costumed actors

Pertainym:

fine (characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment)

Sense 3

Meaning:

In a delicate manner

Synonyms:

delicately; exquisitely; fine; finely

Context example:

her fine drawn body

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the presence of nodules which contain large melanoma cells with clear, foamy or finely vacuolated cytoplasm.

(Balloon Cell Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A technique that quantifies the x-rays emitted after ionization by a finely focused beam of electrons directed onto a flat polished specimen.

(Electron Microprobe Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of malignant cells with eosinophilic, finely granular cytoplasm.

(Gastric Parietal Cell Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

But these were mere trifles, and they assured their mother that the experiment was working finely.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It is characterized by the presence of large melanocytes with clear, foamy or finely vacuolated cytoplasm.

(Balloon Cell Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)

It has a large nucleus without clefts, finely dispersed chromatin, and a rim of basophilic cytoplasm.

(Centroblast, NCI Thesaurus)

A tube-shaped tobacco product that is made of finely cut, cured tobacco leaves wrapped in thin paper.

(Cigarette, NCI Dictionary)

It has a diameter of 10-18 micrometer, and an oval or round nucleus with finely granulated chromatin.

(Myelocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

His beard, streaked thickly with gray, bristled forward from his chin, and spoke of a passionate nature, while the long, finely cut face and firm mouth marked the leader of men.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My heart was beating finely when we two set forth in the cold night upon this dangerous venture.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)