What does finery mean?
Finery means (obsolete) Fineness; beauty..
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/ˈfaɪnəɹi/ · noun
(obsolete) Fineness; beauty..
The city also shone through the luxury of the higher castes: in the fineries of their dress, the rich manner of their living, their many servants, silver table services, and showy furnishings.
the translator should master the language he translates from as thoroughly as his mother tongue, knowing all its fineries
In front of the finery hearth in which the sow is melted down again, the finer is working with a long iron bar called a ringer (from French 'ringard') with which he keeps the molten iron in motion by stirring, an essential stage in the process of refining.
Use finery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Finery means (obsolete) Fineness; beauty..
Common synonyms include regalia, array, raiment.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The city also shone through the luxury of the higher castes: in the fineries of their dress, the rich manner of their living, their many servants, silver table services, and showy furnishings.
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