The fineness of the sand on the beach. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The fineness of her features. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He marvelled at the fineness of her hair. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But in the process of recalibrating to go after Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, the Jetta loses a certain German fineness and desirability. From Wordnik.com. [Volkswagen and the Perils of Less for Less] Reference
The only thing that ever made his heart laugh was the idea of fineness finding place in himself. From Wordnik.com. [This Is the End] Reference
When buying soft luggage, check the denier of a fabric, a measurement that refers to the fineness of the yarn. From Wordnik.com. [How To Buy & Sell just about Everything] Reference
The size of the grounds, called the fineness of the grind, is determined how long the cutting blades are allowed to chop up the beans. From Wordnik.com. [INeedCoffee] Reference
Most of all there was about her a great fineness -- the kind of fineness which seems to be the expression of generations of fineness. From Wordnik.com. [American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'] Reference
Her features had retained a certain sharpness " fineness " character " something. From Wordnik.com. [The Soprano Sorceress]
= Welsh Wools = lack waviness and fineness of fiber. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Examine the texture, stiffness, and fineness of the needles. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
The degree of fineness of flour is regulated by frequent grindings. From Wordnik.com. [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference
Describe the appearance of the fiber as to curl, feel, fineness, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
The fineness of the yarn depends on the amount of drawing and twisting. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Use meal of medium fineness -- not the very fine sold in most groceries. From Wordnik.com. [The Community Cook Book] Reference
The apparent fineness of material cannot be overstated, so soft and powerful. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
He pressed his lips to the fineness of her hair and tasted it with his tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Autumn] Reference
Upon this quality depends the fineness and cleanness of the lines it will make. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
In fineness of tone and exquisite felicity of phrasing, ASQUITH excelled himself. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914] Reference
"This is but a copy, compared with the original, of trifling value and fineness.". From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
We were in the country now and were able to appreciate the fineness of the night. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
The fineness of the cloth is always expressed as so many picks and ends to the inch. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Excelsior or wood wool is to be had in varying degrees of fineness of upholstery dealers. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
Dry and pulverize and note extreme fineness of the particles by rubbing between the fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
A few downy curls were perceptible on the temples -- in colour and fineness resembling her own. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
The second quality in a soil on which its absorptive power depends is the fineness of its particles. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
The general classifications of fine, medium, coarse, and low, refer to the relative fineness of Merino combing wools. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Her beauty intoxicated me, but her youth, her fineness, so fragile for such rough hands as mine, awed and humbled me. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
Silesian take the first place, and for general good qualities, fineness, and regularity of fiber, they are unequalled. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
After-cultivation may comprise rolling, harrowing (to preserve the fineness of the tilth) and in some districts hoeing. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
The exquisite fineness of its ground, the elegance of its floral festoons and bouquets, make it a desirable possession. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
"They have an excellent kind of earth, wherewith they make a ware of equal fineness with glass and equally transparent.". From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
I noticed, too, in passing that her eyes were deep violet and exceedingly alert, her features classic in their fineness. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
In many parts of the world there are beds of clay of extreme fineness and whiteness, from which beautiful china is made. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
When you have obtained a nice even surface all over, use glass paper of different degrees of fineness, and pumice-stone. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
He said he had to pick over thousands of bales before he could secure a sufficient number of the proper length, color, and fineness. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
They tell us, first of all, that the virtues of the infusion depend primarily upon the fineness with which the roasted bean is ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference
From sunlight and shadow weaving threads of such fineness that the spider's were ropes of sand and the hoar frost's but clumsy icicles. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
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