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fine-drawn

[fahyn-drawn]

fine-drawn

[fahyn-drawn]
adjective
drawn out to extreme fineness or thinness.

Origin:
1830–40

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Fine-drawn is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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fine-draw

[fahyn-draw]
verb (used with object), -drew, -drawn, -draw·ing.
1.
Sewing. to sew together so finely that the joining is not noticeable.
2.
to draw out to extreme fineness, tenuity, or subtlety.

Origin:
1725–35

fine-draw·er, noun
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fine-drawn
 
adj
1.  (of arguments, distinctions, etc) precise or subtle
2.  (of wire) drawn out until very fine; attenuated
3.  (of features) delicate or refined

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