Finespun

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Drawn to a fine thread; minute; hence, over-refined; over-elaborated; subtile: as, fine-spun theories.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary.
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  • adjective. spun into a fine thread
  • adjective. delicate and subtle, with fine detail
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  • adjective. developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
  • adjective. developed in excessively fine detail
    • Word Usage
    "A kickball fell from her finespun fingers, bouncing disinterestedly away at an oblique angle, a distant shadow from a 767 drifting across its path."
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