"finely" meaning in English

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lean finely textured beef"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "overfinely"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English finely, fynely, fynly, fineliche, finliche, fynliche, equivalent to fine + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "finelier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more finely",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fineliest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most finely",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-adv"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Fledglings can only be fed finely chopped meat.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "So as to produce a fine texture."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sítno",
          "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
          "word": "си́тно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
          "word": "finament"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
          "word": "najemno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
          "word": "jemně"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
          "word": "nadrobno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
          "word": "finoman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mélko",
          "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
          "word": "ме́лко"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "english": "Fanny Hill",
          "ref": "1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "This girl could not be above eighteen: her face regular and sweet-featur'd, her shape exquisite; nor could I help envying her two ripe enchanting breasts, finely plump'd out in flesh",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, William Gershom Collingwood, The Book of Coniston, page 8:",
          "text": "Looking back, Yewdale Crag stands finely over the waterhead; Brantwood is opposite.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a fine, handsome or attractive way; very well."
      ],
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  "word": "finely"
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    {
      "word": "lean finely textured beef"
    },
    {
      "word": "overfinely"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English finely, fynely, fynly, fineliche, finliche, fynliche, equivalent to fine + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "finelier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more finely",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fineliest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most finely",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "text": "Fledglings can only be fed finely chopped meat.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "So as to produce a fine texture."
      ],
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          "fine"
        ]
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          "english": "Fanny Hill",
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          "text": "This girl could not be above eighteen: her face regular and sweet-featur'd, her shape exquisite; nor could I help envying her two ripe enchanting breasts, finely plump'd out in flesh",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, William Gershom Collingwood, The Book of Coniston, page 8:",
          "text": "Looking back, Yewdale Crag stands finely over the waterhead; Brantwood is opposite.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "In a fine, handsome or attractive way; very well."
      ]
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sítno",
      "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
      "word": "си́тно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
      "word": "finament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
      "word": "najemno"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
      "word": "jemně"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
      "word": "nadrobno"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
      "word": "finoman"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mélko",
      "sense": "in a manner to produce a fine result",
      "word": "ме́лко"
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  "word": "finely"
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