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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Drawn out to extreme fineness or tenuity, as wire; hence, figuratively, drawn out with too much subtlety: as, fine-drawn conclusions.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Drawn out with too much subtlety; overnice.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice.

Etymologies

  1. fine +‎ drawn (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Justen's eyes darted from one mass of heavy iron to another, from anvil to iron casing to finedrawn turbine blade.”

    The Order War

  • “Harold's was not a nature of finedrawn distinctions; he wrote as he fought, swift and determined, and the letter was soon finished, read, and approved by Jack.”

    The Eagle's Heart

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Words with the same meaning

  1. overnice

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  1. light-fingered
  2. south-country
  3. macaroon

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