fine-drawn

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fine-drawn

(fīn′drôn′)

adj.

1. Drawn out to a slender, threadlike state: fine-drawn wire.

2. Subtly or precisely fashioned: a fine-drawn theory.

3. Delicately formed: fine-drawn features.

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fine-drawn

adj

1. (of arguments, distinctions, etc) precise or subtle

2. (Mechanical Engineering) (of wire) drawn out until very fine; attenuated

3. (of features) delicate or refined

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fine′-drawn′

adj.

drawn out to extreme fineness or thinness.

Translations

fine-drawn

[ˈfaɪnˈdrɔːn] ADJ [wire] → muy delgado; [distinction] → sutil

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Never had he heard such jargon of scholastic philosophy, such fine-drawn distinctions, such cross-fire of major and minor, proposition, syllogism, attack and refutation.

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Behold him, too fine-drawn to sweat, too pressed to vaunt the drugs in his little brass-bound box, ascending Shamlegh slope, a just man made perfect.

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Now together, dark and bright woods sing, deep brown and glowing red make alchemy, as holding them on her lap, Margaret will bend, her fingers plucking each fine-drawn string, her voice joining in their harmony.