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Webster 1913 Edition

Minutely

Mi-nute′ly

,
adv.
[From 4th
Minute
.]
In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.

Min′ute-ly

,
Adj.
[From 1st
Minute
.]
Happening every minute; continuing; unceasing.
[Obs.]
Throwing themselves absolutely upon God’s
minutely
providence.
Hammond.

Min′ute-ly

,
adv.
At intervals of a minute; very often and regularly.
J. Philips.
Minutely
proclaimed in thunder from heaven.
Hammond.

Webster 1828 Edition

Minutely

MINU'TELY

,
adv.
[from minute.] To a small point of time, space or matter; exactly; nicely; as, to measure the length of any thing minutely; to ascertain time minutely; to relate a story minutely.

Definition 2024

minutely

minutely

English

Adverb

minutely ‎(comparative more minutely, superlative most minutely)

  1. 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.
  2. On a minute scale.

Translations

Adjective

minutely ‎(not comparable)

  1. Happening every minute; continuing; unceasing.
    • Hammond
      Throwing themselves absolutely upon God's minutely providence.

Anagrams

Etymology

minute +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

  • (on a minute scale) IPA(key): /maɪˈnjuːtlɪ/
  • (happening every minute) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnɪtlɪ/

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