Used in a Sentence

finer

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for finer.

Editorial note

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Examples13
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

One who fines or purifies.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of finer gathered in one view.

noun

One who fines or purifies.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for finer.

noun

One who fines or purifies.

noun

A surname.

Example sentences

1

A finer-grained path/subdomain matching would be ideal here - you could allow *.example.com, example.com/*, or example.com/script.js.

2

You still refuse to elaborate on the finer points of NoGUI, even when asked, directly.

3

Actually isn't it the stronger arm, while your dominant hand has finer motor control?

4

Factories often shift to finer clothes, like dress shirts, which require skilled workers.

5

There's a finer-grain composability with Docker that is much more awkward with VMs.

6

If your OS needs a tool that allows users to run processes as another user then maybe your OS needs finer access controls instead.

7

Then it goes and further assumes that there is only one way (no finer further details whatsoever) of getting that one and only type memory.

8

Adjusting the autovacuum settings by table will give you finer control over the postgresql.conf parameters to better match the workload for specific tables, as well.

9

It would be nice if browsers had finer-grained security like Android.

10

I don't generally assume that people not in the United States have expert knowledge on the finer details of constitutional restraint.

11

Experience and dedication pay off as you develop finer control.

12

But I am not convinced that allowing all and sundry to create their own subreddits that represent finer and finer slices of single-issue society is the mechanism for enabling a free exchange of ideas.

Quote examples

1

"When my company gets going, I'll start spending things on the finer things in life", I would say.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use finer in a sentence?

A finer-grained path/subdomain matching would be ideal here - you could allow *.example.com, example.com/*, or example.com/script.js.

What does finer mean?

One who fines or purifies.

What part of speech is finer?

finer is commonly used as noun.