Superfine
[,sju:pә'fain]
Definition
(adj.) (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality; 'made of superfine Flemish cloth' .
(adj.) of extremely fine size or texture; 'superfine sugar'; 'a superfine file' .
Inputed by Henrietta--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth.
(a.) Excessively fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes.
Typed by Bush
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Excellent, choice, prime, first-rate, very good, very fine.
Inputed by Avis
Definition
adj. fine above others: finer than ordinary.—n. Sū′perfineness.—adj. Superfin′ical very finical.
Checker: Shari
Examples
- He wants superfine stability. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The well-taught muscles of Lord Petersham's face were nearly giving way, not only against all superfine Chesterfieldian rules, but common civility. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He met this with a steady gaze of his small stock-taking eyes, which made her feel herself no more than some superfine human merchandise. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Superfine cloth, and the heavy swell cut! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- His lordship appeared the very essence of everything most _recherché_, in superfine elegance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is only the vague, superfine sensations, and extremely wire-drawn notions, that put me about. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Oliver