minutely
English
Pronunciation
- (on a minute scale): IPA(key): /maɪˈnjuːtlɪ/
- (happening every minute): IPA(key): /ˈmɪnɪtlɪ/
Adverb
minutely (comparative more minutely, superlative most minutely)
- With attention to tiny details.
- 1913, William Elliot Griffis, The Mikado's Empire (book 2, page 478)
- To describe them in full, and to recount minutely the ideas held by the Japanese rustics concerning them, would be to compile an octavo work on dragonology.
- 1913, William Elliot Griffis, The Mikado's Empire (book 2, page 478)
- On a minute scale. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
with attention to tiny details
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Adjective
minutely (not comparable)
- Happening every minute.
- Continuing; unceasing.
- 1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
- Throwing themselves absolutely upon God's minutely providence.
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