Fine'ness, n.

(109), n. [See FINE, a.; Fr. finesse, Pr., Sp., & Pg. fineza, It. finezza.]

1. The quality or condition of being fine.
2. Freedom from foreign matter; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor.

The fineness of the gold, and chargeful fashion. Shak.

3. Perfectedness; excellence; as, fineness of person, or of character.
4. Refinement; delicacy; subtility; as, fineness of taste, or of wit.
5. Minuteness; slenderness; thinness; as, the fineness of sand, of thread, or of an edge.