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fine¹ adj 1 of high quality; excellent; splendid. 2 beautiful; handsome. 3 facetious grand; superior • her fine relations. 4 said of weather: bright; not rainy. 5 well; healthy. 6 quite satisfactory • That's fine by me. 7 pure; refined. 8 thin; delicate. 9 close-set in texture or arrangement. 10 consisting of tiny particles. 11 intricately detailed • fine embroidery. 12 slight; subtle • fine adjustments. adverb 1 colloq satisfactorily. 2 finely; into fine pieces. finely adverb. fineness noun. cut or run it fine colloq to leave barely enough time for something. fine and dandy working or doing well; OK now; in order after there has been a problem. get something down to a fine art to find the most efficient way of doing it. not to put too fine a point on it used as an introductory expression before speaking honestly or bluntly.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French fin end, in the sense of 'boundary or limit'.

fine² noun an amount of money to be paid as a penalty, constituting a punishment for breaking a regulation or law. verb (fined, fining) to impose a fine on someone. in fine in total; to sum up.
ETYMOLOGY: 12c: from French fin end, settlement or ending a dispute.