English → Latin
“finely” in Latin
pulcherbeautiful, fair, pretty; noble, honorable, excellentbellusbeautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable, charmingēlegānsfine, elegant, handsome; tasteful; fastidious, criticalsubtīlisfine, thin, slender; precise, accurate, keen; plain, unadorned, simpleargūtusexpressive; lively; clear-sounding, noisycalliduswise, clever, ingenious; adroit, skilful, cunning, sly, crafty; discreetversūtusadroit, dexterous, versatile; shrewd, clever, crafty, ingenious; wily, cunning, slybonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulēgregiusdistinguished, excellent, eminent; illustrious, honorableeximiusselect, choice; special, particular, exceptional, remarkable, extraordinary; exempt
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
finely
pulchre: belle: eleganter (beautifully, etc.): subtiliter: argute: callide: versute (cunningly, etc.): bene: egregie: eximie: praeclare (well, excellently). To be finely painted, pulchre pictum esse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for finely?
- The usual Latin words for “finely” are pulcher, bellus, ēlegāns; also subtīlis, argūtus, callidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.