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finely

finely

32 1.0
Into very small or thin pieces
  • adverb
  • /ˈfaɪnli/
translation icon : finamente
  • Truffles are always shaved really finely.
  • finely shredded
  • finely granular
  • finely granular cytoplasm

This feels really, really soft, quite sort of finely milled I'd say.

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Examples

  • It's probably almost like an ice cream texture when it's that finely ground.

  • They are so finely milled that they just blend on the skin like an absolute dream.

  • It actually shows you just how finely ground this is.

  • So we're going to be spraying some finely ground coffee down there.

  • This feels really, really soft, quite sort of finely milled I'd say.

  • Her skin had a greenish cast and was finely scaled.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I then chopped the stems finely, with the intent of using them in the stuffing.

    Blog text (12)
  • It's finely powdered gold.

  • Finely slice oranges and grate zest.

  • She added a handful of finely chopped onions to the soup for extra flavor.

Synonyms

granularly
vsfinely
7.0

In a very detailed way by looking at small parts separately

describes breaking things into very small thin pieces

Antonyms

10 4.2

Using large, rough pieces rather than small ones

How Fine

finely
32 1.0
coarsely
10 4.2

Surface Forms

finely positive

Morphology

finely = fine (transparent) = fine + ly

Productive adverbial formation from 'fine' meaning 'small/finely divided' plus '-ly', yielding the adverb 'into small pieces'.

Etymology

Finely comes from fine, which also meant 'very small' or 'thin', as in 'fine sand' or 'fine powder', so to chop or grind something finely is to make it into very small pieces.