Definitions for finer
fin·er

Princeton's WordNet(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fineradjective

   (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence

   "a finer wine"; "a finer musician"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. finernoun

   One who fines or purifies.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Finernoun

   One who purifies metals.

   Etymology: from fine.

   Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. Prov. xxv. 4.

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1. Finernoun

   one who fines or purifies

Anagrams for finer »

1. infer

How to pronounce finer?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say finer in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of finer in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of finer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of finer in a Sentence

1. David Mohr:

   We suspect that with a finer-grain understanding of behavior on phones, we will get stronger predictions.

2. Woodrow Wilson:

   No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.

3. Willa Sibert Cather:

   The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always.

4. Alford:

   Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.

5. Pete Buttigieg:

   On one hand, I believe in conviction politics. I think you need to forcefully defend your values and explain why you believe in the things you believe in, but one reason that you'll hear me not being too doctrinaire about some of these policy groups is an awareness that the reality in government is you're going to be adjusting the finer points of the policy, anyway.

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