FINELY in a Sentence

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372 example sentences for FINELY, such as:

1. He is a fine type of the youth.
2. Don't worry, you're doing fine.
3. Bob is a fine type of schoolboy.
4. I'm fine with her either way,brother.
5. There is a fine view of the countryside.

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 Meanings and Examples of FINELY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
finely
 ad.  to an exact degree
 ad.  into very thin or small pieces
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He turned towards his friend's face and saw there a raw smile which some force of will strove to make finely significant.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  Yes, he was certainly wonderfully handsome, with his finely curved scarlet lips, his frank blue eyes, his crisp gold hair.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
3  His finely chiselled nostrils quivered, and some hidden nerve shook the scarlet of his lips and left them trembling.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
4  He was not so finely bred as his sister.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
5  Those finely shaped fingers could never have clutched a knife for sin, nor those smiling lips have cried out on God and goodness.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
6  With subtle and finely wrought temperaments it is always so.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
7  They had few recollections of past wealth and splendor--and the Yankee officers were so handsome and finely dressed and so carefree.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
8  So long as each of them could bring home nine or ten dollars a week, they were able to get along finely.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
9  The young Huron was in his war paint, and very little of a finely molded form was concealed by his attire.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
10  They were in truth fighting finely down there.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
11  He scrambled upon a wee hill and watched it sweeping finely, keeping formation in difficult places.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
12  We shall be finely helped, if the churl Saxons should have realized your Grace's vision, of converting feudal drawbridges into gibbets; and yonder bold-spirited Cedric seemeth one to whom such an imagination might occur.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
13  Her happiness on this occasion was very much a la mortal, finely chequered.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
14  The expression of her finely carved mouth was pleasant, as if a sense of dignity had just compelled her to leave off speaking.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
15  But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his mental results.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
Example Sentence: (162 in 11 pages)
16  Bob is a fine type of schoolboy.
17  He is a fine type of the youth.
18  Don't reckon upon the weather being fine for your garden party.
19  A fine view of Ottawa can be obtained here.
20  A fine view of the valley lay before the tourists.
21  There is a fine view of the countryside.
22  The west front of the church contains some fine old windows.
23  Don't worry, you're doing fine.
24  Rain before seven; fine before eleven.
25  Life is fine and enjoyable, yet you must learn to enjoy your fine life.
26  Hard words break no bones, fine words butter no parsnips.
27  I'm fine with her either way,brother.
28  This fine stamp is the pride of my collection.
29  I appreciate your concern , but honestly, I'm fine.
30  The court can impose a fine or a prison sentence.