finical
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of finical
Example Sentences
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In an adept supporting cast, Fred Tiden is outstanding as the finical son-in-law who cannot bear to have small children tumbling about him.
From Time Magazine Archive
The greedy newspapers, swollen with the story, alarmed the finical Florenz.
From Time Magazine Archive
He still writes perfectly, that is to say, with great solicitude for the antique rhythm and consonance of his finical phrases, but his passion for beautiful happenings has been lapped by the irony of surfeit.
From Time Magazine Archive
The early city's friendly and explosive vulgarity still pains finical Denverites in dark, slick Frederick Bonfils' incredibly blatant Denver Post.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr Wilton's sister, the aunt of both, was a rich widow, but of a morose and finical temper.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
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