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finely | finery |

As an adverb finely

is in a manner to produce a fine result; as to grind finely means to grid to a fine powder.

As a noun finery is

(obsolete) fineness; beauty.

finely

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a manner to produce a fine result; as to grind finely means to grid to a fine powder.
  • Very well, in a great way
  • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , This girl could not be above eighteen: her face regular and sweet-featur'd, her shape exquisite; nor could I help envying her two ripe enchanting breasts, finely plump'd out in flesh}}

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    finery

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Fineness; beauty.
  • Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
  • (ironworking) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
  • * 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 160:
  • In front of the finery hearth in which the sow is melted down again, the finer is working with a long iron bar called a ringer (from French 'ringard') with which he keeps the molten iron in motion by stirring, an essential stage in the process of refining.

    See also

    * (charcoal hearth) refinery