minutely

¹

[ min-it-lee ]

adjective

1. occurring every minute.

adverb

1. every minute; minute by minute.

minutely

²

[ mahy-noot-lee, -nyoot-, mi- ]

adverb

1. in a minute manner, form, or degree; in minute detail.
2. into tiny or very small pieces.

Word History and Origins

Origin of minutely¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; minute ¹ + -ly

Origin of minutely²

First recorded in 1590–1600; minute ² + -ly

Example Sentences

In the space between heartbeats, two or three of the boys leap forward from the group, only to fall back again in a minutely timed hydraulic swoon.

From Time

Levi-Montalcini’s bedroom discoveries were the turning point in humankind’s understanding that our nervous system is minutely shaped by death.

From Nautilus

Page by page, Woolever diminishes Bourdain’s celebrity in favor of the minutely observed, the subjective and contradictory, composing the story on a human scale and leaving the legend aside.

From Eater

Daneri is using the Aleph to write a terrible poem that minutely and pointlessly describes everything on earth.

From The Daily Beast

Polonsky's work is so minutely detailed that it doesn't lend themselves to easy description.

From The Daily Beast

If you wish, I will send a copy of the certificate of the duty done by this engine, which states very minutely every circumstance.

From Project Gutenberg

And this becomes sufficiently obvious when the circumstances attending the exhaustion of the soil are minutely examined.

From Project Gutenberg

But it would be digressing beyond a proper boundary, to go minutely into this subject here.

From Project Gutenberg

But when more minutely examined, it becomes apparent that the facts on which it is founded are of a very uncertain character.

From Project Gutenberg

The eye is fitted both to gaze at the stars millions of miles away and minutely examine objects only a few inches distant.

From Project Gutenberg

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