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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

minutely en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈmɪnɪtlɪ/ happening every minute
  • /maɪˈnjuːtlɪ/ on a minute scale

Etymology

Etymology tree English minute Middle English -ly English -ly English minutely From minute + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Happening every minute.
  2. (not-comparable) Continuing; unceasing.
    • Throwing themselves absolutely upon God's minutely providence. 1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:

minutely en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈmɪnɪtlɪ/ happening every minute
  • /maɪˈnjuːtlɪ/ on a minute scale

Etymology

Etymology tree English minute Middle English -ly English -ly English minutely From minute + -ly.

Meanings

  1. With attention to tiny details.
    • 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)
  2. On a minute scale.

Forms

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more minutely Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most minutely Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (6)

pt minuciosamente (with attention to tiny details) · bg детайлно (with attention to tiny details) · es minuciosamente (with attention to tiny details) · bg подробно (with attention to tiny details) · uk дета́льно (with attention to tiny details) · uk докла́дно (with attention to tiny details)