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"finely" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to describe a situation or an action in which there is great skill or attention to detail. For example, "The cake was finely decorated with intricate designs."
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finely
adverb
In a manner to produce a fine result; as to grind finely means to grid to a fine powder.
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Finely ground is fine for peanut butter, but my testers agree that they prefer the chunky sort I've left in Stein's sauce as an experiment, which gives it a far more interesting texture.
His chemistry with Keira Knightley is finely developed and, as expected, the songs are stellar.
(Serves 2) 64perer person 1 onion, finely sliced, 9p 2 cloves of garlic, chopped, 6p 2 tbsp oil, 6p 150g long grain white rice, 6p 100ml white wine, 47p 300ml chicken stock, 2p 100gardenen peas, 12p ¼ savoy cabbage, finely sliced, 20p Handful of fresh parsley, chopped, 20p Heat the oil in a large frying pan on a medium heat, and add the onion and garlic.
Her reputation, finely honed and widely circulated, was for straight-talking.
Serves 2 1 tbsp olive oil ½ onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 1 scotch bonnet chilli, deseeded and chopped (leave the seeds in if you like it very hot) 1 tsp tomato puree ½ tsp ground cumin 1 x 400g tin tomatoes 4 eggs 2 tortillas 2 tbsp sour cream 1 Heat the oil in a medium saucepan.
Squeeze out well and finely chop the stalks and roughly chop the leaves.
Add the ice cubes and whiz until finely chopped, then spoon in the yoghurt and cardamom and whiz until smooth.
Serves 4 8 chicken thighs, skin on 2 ripe but firm peaches 250g cooked freekeh 1 medium radicchio, broken into leaves 1 spring onion, finely chopped 4tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1tsp honey leaves of 6 tarragon sprigs 20g pistachios, lightly crushed 150ml water Sea salt Black pepper Bone the thighs if necessary and lay them flat, skin-side up.
You could also add some very finely diced chorizo, or a couple of anchovies in the last five minutes of cooking the tomatoes.
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Ciroc Prairie Oyster 25 mls Ciroc vodka 10ml Worcestershire Sauce Soya lectine 20ml Clarified tomato juice Dash oil Dash vinegar Celery salt Pepper Tabasco Finely chopped shallots 1 unit of alcohol The tomato juice is clarified to remove all colour and then recoloured with orange (natural) food dye.
Related: The COOK packed lunch guide | Cook Finely chop ¼ red onion and two sticks of celery and add to a bowl with a can of drained cannellini beans and a can of drained black-eye beans.
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