minutiae
precise details; small or trifling matters: the minutiae of his craft.
Origin of minutiae
1usage note For minutiae
Other words from minutiae
- mi·nu·ti·al, adjective
Words Nearby minutiae
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How to use minutiae in a sentence
This inveterate list maker also loved minutiae; in his copious account books, he kept track of every cent he ever spent.
Companies Discover Untapped Brainpower: Autistics | Joshua Kendall | July 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTrekkies are defensive about the minutiae of their sacred source material, sometimes to the point of pretension.
The two companies have been competing over minutiae for a long time.
By and large, they tend to be carefully choreographed retellings of political minutiae that serve to justify decisions.
This I can assert as a fact, that those distinctions are perceived by the angels in heaven as to their minutiae.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love | Emanuel Swedenborg
I am very close and careful you see, in all minutiae; always was,—pave 'em with rubbish and stones, 6d.
The Caxtons, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonThere is no need to go through the minutiae of the struggle.
The Canadian Portrait Gallery Volume 3 | John Charles DentThis Sunday morning she was very busy with domestic minutiae.
New Grub Street | George GissingShe seemed to understand his trials by instinct, and even the minutiae of his work made themselves curiously clear to her.
That Lass O' Lowrie's | Frances Hodgson Burnett
British Dictionary definitions for minutiae
/ (mɪˈnjuːʃɪˌiː) /
small, precise, or trifling details
Origin of minutiae
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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