fine
     adj 1: superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine
            student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had
            good weather for the parade" [syn: {good}]
     2: being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an
        all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are
        all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's
        fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been
        fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine" [syn: {all
        right}, {ok}, {o.k.}, {okay}, {hunky-dory}]
     3: minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a
        fine distinction"
     4: of texture; being small-grained or smooth to the touch or
        having fine particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine
        powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric
        with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust"
        [ant: {coarse}]
     5: being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "I'm
        fine, how are you?" [syn: {all right}]
     6: thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine
        hairs"; "read the fine print"
     7: characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment;
        "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine
        gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist";
        "the fine hand of a master"
     8: ; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of
        purity; "gold 21 carats fine" [syn: {f.}]
     9: (of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun
        shining; "a fine summer evening"
     n : money extracted as a penalty [syn: {mulct}, {amercement}]
     adv 1: sentence-initial expression of agreement [syn: {very well},
            {alright}, {all right}, {OK}]
     2: in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine
        drawn body" [syn: {finely}, {delicately}, {exquisitely}]
     3: in a superior and skilled manner; "the soldiers were
        fighting finely" [syn: {finely}]
     v : issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for
         parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car
         or else you will be ticketed!" [syn: {ticket}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

fine adj. [WPI] Good, but not good enough to be {cuspy}. The word
   `fine' is used elsewhere, of course, but without the implicit comparison
   to the higher level implied by {cuspy}.


Source: The Jargon File