| ADJECTIVE | all | finespun, delicate | developed with extreme / extreme delicacy and subtlety |
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| all | finespun, hairsplitting | developed in excessively fine detail |
| Meaning | Developed with extreme / extreme delicacy and subtlety. | |
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| Example | "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense" | |
| Synonym | delicate | |
| Broader | refined | (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel |
| Spanish | delicado | |
| Meaning | Developed in excessively fine detail. | |
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| Example | "finespun distinctions" | |
| Synonym | hairsplitting | |
| Broader | precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited |
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