The Clue
More elegant (5 letter answer)
The Answer
FINER
Tags
Notes
The answer FINER is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 750 puzzles.
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Definition
FINER as an adjective:
1. (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence; "a finer wine"; "a finer musician"
FINE as an adjective:
1. (all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory) = 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"
2. minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"
3. of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small 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"
4. thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"
5. 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"
6. free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"