Appropriate
Appropriate adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Fine and appropriate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fine" instead an adjective "Appropriate".
Fine
Fine adjective - Of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards.
Usage example: the wine steward declared that the complaint of corkiness was unjustified and that the wine was fine
Appropriate and fine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appropriate" instead an adjective "Fine".
Both words in one sentence
- CJ insists that this is absolutely fine, but then suggests that maybe he'd be happier in a more appropriate career, like hairdressing or interior design.
- Blatant Lies: Mork can easily tell that Mindy is lying when she says that "everything's fine." Call Back: Mork uses his Orkan age machine to turn himself an appropriate age.
- The pacing is delightfully appropriate, the author has a fine grasp of subtlety, and the plot is interesting and without obvious holes.
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