🔬 Extremely small ✨ Very high quality

extrafine

4.2

Very smooth and high quality, like fine wool

adjective
/ˌɛkstrəˈfaɪn/

: extrafino

This recipe requires extrafine sugar to achieve the perfect texture in the cake.

Examples

For a luxurious feel, choose extrafine cashmere for your next sweater.
The wool is lovely, Karabella Aurora Melange - it is so soft yet bouncy feeling and is 100% extrafine Merino wool that is machine washable, always a plus for a hat.

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The artist used extrafine brushes to paint the intricate details of the portrait.

Synonyms

fine

vsextrafine

Specialized

66 4.9

Metal that is very pure and contains very little else

concerns exceptional texture or detail rather than chemical purity

superfine

vsextrafine

1 5.3

Very high quality and delicate, often used for cloth or food

is about extreme fineness with emphasis on texture and detail

ultrafine

vsextrafine

1 5.2

Something that is very small, like tiny particles or thin fibers

focuses on extreme smallness rather than texture or material quality

Antonyms

poor

838 1.0

Not good enough in quality or amount

inferior

63 3.7

Not as good in quality as something else

How Fine

extrafine

4.2

fine

∞ 1.0

good

∞ 1.0

ordinary

683 1.0

Surface Forms

extrafine positive

extrafiner comparative

extrafinest superlative

Morphology

extrafine = fine (transparent) = extra + fine

The adjective is formed by intensifying 'fine' with 'extra-', giving 'very fine' in the sense of high quality or delicate texture.

Etymology

Extrafine comes from extra- 'beyond' and fine 'high quality' or 'thin'. So extrafine means more than just fine and describes something especially smooth or of very high quality, like soft wool or fine chocolate.