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Recent Examples of finely
Each character’s hangups and drive are finely drawn throughout.
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Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
The Carrera gets a handful of modest exterior changes for 2025, such as tweaks to its lighting and front fascia, and the GTS trim gets active air intake flaps in the lower grille area to finely control aerodynamics and cooling.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Now, a little over two years later, that plan has become more finely honed.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Infighting hindered everything from product planning to manufacturing, and leadership decisions had to finely balance French and German commercial and political interests.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
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Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
The Carrera gets a handful of modest exterior changes for 2025, such as tweaks to its lighting and front fascia, and the GTS trim gets active air intake flaps in the lower grille area to finely control aerodynamics and cooling.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Now, a little over two years later, that plan has become more finely honed.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Infighting hindered everything from product planning to manufacturing, and leadership decisions had to finely balance French and German commercial and political interests.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finely
Adverb
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Any small baking project intended to provide treats for one or two is excellently done in the air fryer—the convection will ensure even baking and superb textures for muffins, cakes, and so much more.—
Emily Johnson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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For his part, Law, who will premiere his own film this week, provided an excellently convincing argument in the fiery northern Mediterranean man-fashion white-dinner-jacket debate that a double-breasted’s peaked lapels should each properly be the dimension of an aircraft carrier deck.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The Sao Paolo Grand Prix, finishing third alongside Ocon's second was a standout performance for the driver, who managed to navigate the wet race superbly.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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This is a unique portrait of families and their foibles, both amusing and annoying, superbly acted by an exceptional cast fully inhabiting their characters.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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One suspects that these tunes will translate marvelously on the concert stage.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
6 Aug. 2025
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On the far other end of the likability spectrum, Blenkin is marvelously repulsive as Boy Kavalier, whose arrogance might be more toxic even than xenomorph blood.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Caramelizing the onions in the slow cooker worked fabulously.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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Ivanov, the fabulously wealthy former deputy defense minister who was responsible for military construction projects, among other things, received his harsh prison sentence for allegedly embezzling more than four billion rubles ($52 million) through foreign bank transfers.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Prioritize safety, stay impeccably informed, and assume responsibility to shield lives and property.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The courts are also cleaned regularly, which, sadly, is unique for New York City’s public courts, and those indoors are impeccably lit — the LED lights are balanced so there are no dead spots in the lighting or weird shadows.—
David Shaftel,
Curbed,
26 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Next morning at breakfast Amby complains grandly of his soreness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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But the film’s wild, icy and rural visuals, captured grandly by cinematographer Tyson Perkins, are astonishingly gorgeous to meditate in.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The biggest downside of the WWE maze was the stretch of blackout hallways of nothingness — a rarity in the otherwise always immaculately themed Horror Nights mazes.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Finely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finely. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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