finespun
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense
Related & opposite
- refined similar to
Sense 2 adjective
developed in excessively fine detail
finespun distinctions
Related & opposite
- hairsplitting derivation
- precise similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | refined |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hairsplitting |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | precise |