Adjective

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(lb) Of subjective quality.

#Of superior quality.

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#(lb) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.

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#(lb) Good-looking, attractive.

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#Subtle, delicately balanced.

#*The Independent

#*:The fine distinction between lender of last resort and a bail-out

#(lb) Showy; overdecorated.

#*(Matthew Arnold) (1822-1888)

#*:He gratified them with occasionalfine writing.

#Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.

#*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

#*:The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine !

#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

#*:The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery.

#*(Thomas Gray) (1716-1771)

#*:He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman.

(lb) Of objective quality.

#Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good'' and ''very fine'', and below ''mint .

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#(lb) Sunny and not raining.

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#Consisting of especially minute particulate; made up of particularly small pieces.

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#Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.

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#Made of slender or thin filaments.

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#Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.

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(lb) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.

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(lb) Subtle; thin; tenuous.

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser.

Adjective

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(of a physical object) Having great weight.

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(of a topic) Serious, somber.

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.

heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

* Bible, 1 Sam. v. 6

The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.

* Shakespeare

The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.

* Wordsworth

Sent hither to impart the heavy news.

(British, slang, dated) Good.

Profound.

(of a rate of flow) High, great.

(slang) Armed.

(music) Louder, more distorted.

(of weather) Hot and humid.

(of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.

(of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.

Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.

* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV

The surf was not heavy , and there was no undertow, so we made shore easily, effecting an equally easy landing.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

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Laden to a great extent.

Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.

* Chapman

The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were.

* Shakespeare

A light wife doth make a heavy husband.

Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.

a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc.

a heavy writer or book

* Shakespeare

whilst the heavy ploughman snores

* Dryden

a heavy , dull, degenerate mind

* Bible, Is. lix. 1

Neither [is] his ear heavy , that it cannot hear.

Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.

a heavy''' road; a '''heavy soil

Not raised or leavened.

heavy bread

Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.

(obsolete) With child; pregnant.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Having the heaves.

a heavy horse