Fine and Textbook

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Fine adjective - Consisting of very small particles.

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Textbook and fine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Textbook" instead an adjective "Fine".

Nearby Words: fineness, finery, finely, fined, fining

Textbook adjective - Constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated.

Usage example: a textbook example of a film that captures the feel of the novel on which it is based

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Fine and textbook are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fine" instead an adjective "Textbook".

Get Back in the Closet: In a textbook example of this trope, a panel depicting Apollo and Midnighter kissing was censored, while apparently Apollo getting raped by another man is just fine, as long as it's not pictured.

Source: Comic Book / The Authority
The Texas City Refinery Explosion was a textbook case judging by the 300 OSHA violations cited ex post facto (and the $21 million fine).

Source: No OSHA Compliance
Not quite a textbook, but a damn fine reference.

Source: Doorstopper

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