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FINESPUN

• FINESPUN (adjective)
The adjective FINESPUN has 2 senses:

1. developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
2. developed in excessively fine detail

Familiarity information: FINESPUN used as an adjective is rare.

• FINESPUN (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety

Synonyms:

finespun; delicate

Context example:

the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense

Similar:

refined ((used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Developed in excessively fine detail

Synonyms:

hairsplitting; finespun

Context example:

finespun distinctions

Similar:

precise (sharply exact or accurate or delimited)

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(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
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(American proverb)
"He who seeks, finds."
(Corsican proverb)

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