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Meanings of minutely in English

In minute detail.

Usage of minutely in English
1
High-tech cars were demanding higher skill levels and minutely-calibrated equipment, he said.
Radio NZ
2
The merchant minutely scrutinized the Great Seal and the signature above it.
The Sword Maker
3
He picked it up and examined it minutely as Balcom strolled in.
The Master Mystery
4
The speaker went minutely into the outrages perpetrated by the Abolition party.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War
5
The sudden lighting of the cabin enabled me to examine it minutely.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
6
Is it possible that every landlord laid down the law so minutely?
The Irish Times
7
He drew swiftly but minutely, with a clear line, without erasures .
The Irish Times
8
We shall not relate minutely all the expeditions in which Dampier participated.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 1. / The Exploration of ...
9
He took the torch from her and minutely examined the leaden casket.
Darkness and Dawn
10
The first thing he did was to examine minutely the overturned furniture.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
11
With apparent intentness she took out tools; small parts were inspected minutely.
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator
12
She rocked minutely, wound tight, and at times I heard her keen.
The king of lies
13
I took the dagger down, and examined it minutely and with method.
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
14
The maps were now got out, and the matter gone into minutely.
Under Wellington's Command: A Tale of the Peninsular War
15
Few business environments are as minutely engineered and controlled as call centers.
Wired
16
It is needless to dwell minutely on the circumstances of our departure.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
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Minutely through the time
Minutely across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common