fine-drawn

[fahyn-drawn]

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adjective

drawn out to extreme fineness or thinness.

Origin of fine-drawn

First recorded in 1830–40

fine-draw

[fahyn-draw]

verb (used with object), fine-drew, fine-drawn, fine-draw·ing.

Sewing. to sew together so finely that the joining is not noticeable.

to draw out to extreme fineness, tenuity, or subtlety.

Origin of fine-draw

First recorded in 1725–35

Related formsfine-draw·er, noun

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Related Words for fine-drawn

small, slender, thin, exquisite, little, loose, light, gossamer, flimsy, lightweight, quality, minute, diaphanous, dusty, ethereal, filmy, fragile, gauzy, granular

Examples from the Web for fine-drawn

Historical Examples of fine-drawn

There it is again—a fine-drawn, shrill, piercing cry as of some animal in trouble.
Diamond Dyke
George Manville Fenn
These fine-drawn speculations, however, are a sheer waste of breath.
Number Seventeen
Louis Tracy
Something like this I have heard, but it seems too fine-drawn a conclusion.
Beast and Man in India
John Lockwood Kipling
I, who am not so fine-drawn, had found the last hour a little trying.
The Sixth Sense
Stephen McKenna
There could be no better audience for the fine-drawn arguments which such a controversy demands.
The Makers of Modern Rome
Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

British Dictionary definitions for fine-drawn

fine-drawn

adjective

(of arguments, distinctions, etc) precise or subtle

(of wire) drawn out until very fine; attenuated

(of features) delicate or refined

fine-draw

verb -draws, -drawing, -drew or -drawn (tr)

to sew together so finely that the join is scarcely noticeable

to carry out the last drawing-out operation on (wire, tube, etc) to reduce its diameter

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