fine
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
How often you will meet it
Rank 465 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 44,267 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.021% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition also: all right, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory, cool an all-right moviethe passengers were shaken up but are all right
- minutely precise especially in differences in meaning a fine distinction
- thin in thickness or diameter a fine film of oilfine hairs
- characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment fine winelooking fine in her Easter suit
- of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles wood with a fine grainfine powdery snow
- free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity gold 21 carats fine
adverb
- an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence also: very well, alright, all right, OK
- in a delicate manner also: finely, delicately, exquisitely finely shaped featuresher fine drawn body
fine in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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In fine, Why do you waste their time and mine?
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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As he spoke the last words, we drew up in front of the fine old house.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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She was thirty-four and a well-set-up creature, with fine square shoulders and a long small waist and good hips.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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So if I'm found cold some fine morning you can be sure I was put out of the way.'
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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He liked mathematics, and was wont to say jocosely that an abstract computation had a fine moral effect, favouring unselfishness.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1