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Meanings of fineness in English

Portuguese
delicadeza
Catalan
finesa
Spanish
delicadeza

The quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance.

delicadeza
Catalan
finor

The quality of being very good indeed.

finor
Catalan
primària

The property of being very narrow or thin.

primària
Spanish
unidades de medida de la industria textil

Systems for measuring textiles.

unidades de medida de la industria textil
Usage of fineness in English
1
They are especially distinguished by the fineness and softness of the fur.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
2
He bowed to them and remarked upon the fineness of the day.
Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
3
Gold fineness is based on a scale of zero to one thousand.
Empty mile
4
It, however, lacks the fineness and gloss of the kossegear and kioddellik.
Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Frankl...
5
At the same time there was a peculiar fineness about the boy.
Riders of the Silences
6
It was just the fineness of his nature that kept him up.
The Bars of Iron
7
We determined the fineness-thepurity-ofthis sample to be gold nine-thirty fine.
Empty mile
8
Coarseness of means and fineness of effect-thephrase is a happy one.
Promenades of an Impressionist
9
So skilled were its weavers that the threads were of hair-like fineness.
Textiles and Clothing
10
She knew the nervous fineness with which he could feel an objection.
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2
11
There was a spiritual fineness about her which impressed one at once.
Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army
12
Born and bred in the slums, whence came this fineness of feeling?
Lo, Michael!
13
Put yourself on this timeline of fineness and you will not lose.
Ebony
14
The severity of the cut emphasized the fineness of bone and nose.
Death at La Fenice
15
The fineness of the probe equals the fineness of the aperture.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
16
All the fineness in Sandy had been emphasized during the weeks of sickness.
A Son of the Hills
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Translations for fineness
Portuguese
delicadezagarbo
Fineness through the time
Fineness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common