Definitionadj. developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
Last update: July 22, 2015
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By this time Burgers was no longer blinded by _the foolish optimism of a visionary who had woven finespun theories of what an ideal republic might be. [Please select]
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He was touched anew by the pathos in the boy, whose nature was a light web of finespun golden cords thrilling to any breath of fancy. [Please select]
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"Oh, too finespun policy," said the Grand Master; "trust me, that Italian spiders' webs will never bind this unshorn Samson of the Isle--well if you can do it with new cords, and those of the toughest." [Please select]
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Marquis Conrade, thy wit begins to halt; I will trust thy finespun measures no longer, but will try my own. [Please select]
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Her wellturned ankle displayed its perfect proportions beneath her skirt and just the proper amount and no more of her shapely limbs encased in finespun hose with highspliced heels and wide garter tops. [Please select]
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This can never become popular and, indeed, has no occasion to be so; for finespun arguments in favour of useful truths make just as little impression on the public mind as the equally subtle objections brought against these truths. [Please select]
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