finely

1. 1.

   in tiny pieces

   “the surfaces were finely granular”

   Antonymscoarsely
2. 2.

   in an elegant manner

   “finely costumed actors”
3. 3.

   in a delicate manner

   “finely shaped features”

   “her fine drawn body”

   Synonymsfinedelicatelyexquisitely

Questions about finely

What does finely mean?

finely means "in tiny pieces". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in finely?

finely has 2 syllables: fine-ly. The stress falls on "fine". In IPA it is /ˈfaɪnli/.

What is another word for finely?

Close synonyms include fine, delicately, exquisitely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of finely?

The recorded antonyms are coarsely.

Is finely a common word?

finely is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.