finely

[fahyn-lee] /ˈfaɪn li/

adverb

in a fine manner; excellently; elegantly; delicately; minutely; nicely; subtly.

in fine particles or pieces:

finely chopped onions.

Origin

1275-1325; Middle English fineliche. See fine¹, -ly

Examples from the web for finely

Chop capers, garlic and shallot finely and add to bowl.
Modern humans' stone tools and weapons usually featured elongated, standardized, finely crafted blades.
The clay is dried and strengthened by adding finely pulverized pottery shards before pots are shaped, painted and fired.
After the sun had swung around and began grazing the surface, however, a delicate web of finely engraved lines started to emerge.
Some even home in on their destination using a finely tuned sense of smell.
In the finely divided state oxygen or other oxidizing agents convert it to a metabolizable form.
Forgiveness should be meted out in finely measured and consequence-ridden portions.
So it's not a big hollow, but rather a zone of more finely structured, less ordered ice.
He wore a star-shaped golden badge hitched to a belt finely tooled with wildflowers.
The message is that his body is a finely tuned instrument over which he has exquisite control.

British Dictionary definitions for finely

/ˈfaɪnlɪ/

adverb

into small pieces; minutely

precisely or subtly

splendidly or delicately

Word Origin and History for finely

adv.

early 14c., "perfectly, completely," from fine (adj.) + -ly (1). Meaning "delicately, minutely" is from 1540s; that of "excellently" is from 1680s.