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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
fineness is a noun meaning "the quality of being very good indeed". It carries 4 recorded senses.
the quality of being very good indeed
“the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine”
the property of being very narrow or thin
“he marvelled at the fineness of her hair”
having a very fine texture
“the fineness of the sand on the beach”
the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
“the daintiness of her touch”
“the fineness of her features”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fineness come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.