Antonyms for fineness
ˈfaɪn nɪsfine·ness

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1. • Elegance
   • High Quality
   • Narrowness
   • Smoothness

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1. fineness, choicenessnoun

   the quality of being very good indeed

   "the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine"

   Synonyms:
   choiceness, thinness, delicacy, powderiness, daintiness

2. fineness, thinnessnoun

   the property of being very narrow or thin

   "he marvelled at the fineness of her hair"

   Synonyms:
   choiceness, sparseness, slenderness, delicacy, thinness, sparsity, powderiness, leanness, tenuity, daintiness, spareness

3. fineness, powderinessnoun

   having a very fine texture

   "the fineness of the sand on the beach"

   Synonyms:
   choiceness, thinness, delicacy, powderiness, daintiness

4. daintiness, delicacy, finenessnoun

   the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance

   "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"

   Synonyms:
   daintiness, finesse, dainty, diplomacy, delicacy, slightness, discreetness, airiness, treat, powderiness, fragility, kickshaw, goody, discretion, thinness, choiceness

How to use fineness in a sentence?

1. Thomas Huxley:

   Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds your stuff to any degree of fineness; but, nevertheless, what you get out depends on what you put in; and as the grandest mill in the world will not extract wheat flour from peas cods, so pages of formulae will not get a definite result out of loose data.

2. Percy Wynham Lewis:

   Sadistic excess attempts to reach roughly and by harshness what art reaches by fineness.

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