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Answer for the clue "Overnice ", 9 letters:
superfine

Word definitions for superfine in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Superfine \Su"per*fine\, a. Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth. Excessively fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Extremely or especially fine. 2 Of a very high or pure grade.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of extremely fine size or texture; "superfine sugar"; "a superfine file" excessively delicate or refined [syn: overrefined ] (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality; "made of superfine Flemish cloth"

Usage examples of superfine.

With Sinjin dressed like a country gentleman in unornamented buff superfine and chamois, his hair sleek behind his ears and tied with a plain black ribbon at his nape, his boots polished but worn, Chelsea forgot for a moment the sumptuousness of the room and the imposing splendor of his title and fortune.

Sinjin thought, the forenoon sun gleaming over her golden hair, her round hat tilted gracefully, the green ribbon around its brim matching the green superfine of her riding habit.

His superfine jacket, meant to be eased on and off, preferably by a valet, rent at the shoulder seams as he tore it off.

He was looking every inch the wealthy aristocrat, confident and commanding in his perfectly tailored blue superfine and the buff pantaloons that hugged his well-formed, well-exercised body.

Galen was brushing down his navy superfine and his satin-striped waistcoat, which were now covered in white dust and dog hair and, no doubt, drool and droves of vermin.

From the clothes horse, he picked up a tailored jacket, a navy blue superfine wool crafted by his London tailor.

Under the old Collectorship of Captain Maull, it was no unusual thing for a barraco of superfine Hollands, a bolt of silk cloth, or a keg of brandy to find its way into the house of some influential merchant or Colonial dignitary.

By the time the immense crane had swung her back on her tail fins, Helva was evaluating her new suit of superfine superskin.

When he loved me with a tender love, I had only to wish and I obtained instantly all that could please me, in rare pearls, in superfine brilliants, sapphires, emeralds, and rubies.

She took her turn traveling with the hunters to dry the meat, gathered fruits, seeds, nuts, and vegetables with the women, winnowed and parched and ground grains to a superfine texture to make it easier for Creb and Durc to chew.

It was written in the clearest and steadiest hand, on superfine paper.

The walls, the floors and all the furniture are equipped with extremely superfine sensing devices.

A length of superfine metal wire, perhaps a single molecule in thickness, had been stretched across the tunnel.

He had a peculiar prescience that he would need its superfine power the following day against the Edith who, he believed, was back in Harkdale.

The name of Thomas Carlyle Craw might be lightly regarded by superfine critics, but by some hundreds of thousands of plain Britons it was extolled and venerated.