fine adv.
1. very well.
![]() | Billy Baxter’s Letters 49: If some guy cuts in on your steady [...] you are going to call her fine and plenty, aren’t you? | |
![]() | (con. 1940s) Borstal Boy 345: You know bloody fine what I’m talking about. | |
![]() | Vulture (1996) 8: Smoky [...] asked me how I would like to make some easy money. I said I’d like it fine. | |
![]() | February’s Son 87: Who was he kidding? He knew fine well what he was doing. |
2. (orig. US black) attractively.
![]() | N.Y. Amsterdam News 19 Feb. 17: He doesn’t have to be good looking or dress so fine. |