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Meanings of finer in English

Finer.

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Usage of finer in English
1
And in one as in the other the finer susceptibilities grow dull.
From One Generation to Another
2
I don't pretend to understand the finer points of the Greek crisis.
The Irish Times
3
The better the schools the finer the quality of the men produced.
New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 / ...
4
Price Fifty cents; or an edition in finer paper, bound in cloth.
Helen and Arthur; or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
5
Best for: Foodies, wine enthusiasts and those who enjoy the finer tastes.
The South African
6
The tunic worn by the girl is of finer materials; of fawn-skin.
The Scalp Hunters
7
The finer qualities I admit; but one distrusts the objects they serve.
The Crown of Life
8
The motion seems pleasanter, the landscape finer than in the morning hours.
Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness
9
He left her food, starting with raw meat, then finer items, experimental.
Heart of stone
10
Ivy Leaguers debate the finer points of sports trivia with high-school dropouts.
The Guardian
11
I don't think I've ever seen a finer site for a session.
The Irish Times
12
The finer the nervous organism, the slower is the process of recuperation.
Heart of the Sunset
13
The finer the architecture, the more fit for the indwelling of angels.
The Jericho Road
14
The dust, finer than the finest flour, pervades everything in the desert.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
15
You understand the finer the particles the quicker it commences to dissolve.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
16
He needed to do some reading on the finer points of replication.
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common