minutely

Examples

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• The scientist examined the specimen minutely to ensure no details were overlooked.

• A subtle power plucks at dust around the room, disturbing it minutely.

  Fiction book (1995)

• For art and science cannot exist but in minutely organized particulars.

  Academic text (1992)

• The analysis team, which examined the lifeboat minutely, found no evidence of this creature.

  Aliens (1986)

• The page proofs need to be examined minutely for typos and corrected.

  Blog text (10)

• The result, The Sculpture of Palenque, is a multivolume work that minutely examines Palenque's most important structures.

  Academic text (2002)

• In her report, she minutely detailed each step of the experiment for clarity.

Synonyms

C

closely

vsminutely

269 1.4

With careful attention to small details

narrows that attention to very small precise aspects

M

meticulously

vsminutely

32 8.3

With great care and close attention to small details

emphasizes tiny specific aspects rather than general carefulness

F

finely

vsminutely

30 2.4

In an elegant, precise way that shows small details

is more about exact tiny parts rather than elegant refinement

M

microscopically

vsminutely

1 7.7

To look very carefully at small details

means careful focus on small points without implying instruments

F

fussily

vsminutely

1 7.3

In a way that pays too much attention to small details

focuses on precise detail without the sense of overconcern

C

circumstantially

vsminutely

7.7

In a detailed way that shows many small facts

is focused on tiny precise parts rather than broad circumstances

W

with a toothcomb

vsminutely

7.6

To do something very carefully and check every small detail

highlights tiny precise aspects rather than broad exhaustive searching

How Detailed

meticulously

32 8.3

minutely

• Formal

4 6.3

specifically

950 3.2

generally

∞ 1.0

broadly

73 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology