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Definition: Minutely |
MinutelyAdverb1. In minute detail; "our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "minutely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonym: MinutelySynonym: circumstantially (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Littleness | Adverb: in a small compass, in a nutshell; on a small scale; minutely, microscopically. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Minutely |
| English words defined with "minutely": blessed thistle ♦ circumstantially, Cnicus benedictus, Crenulation ♦ denticulate leaf ♦ explore ♦ fine ♦ Glomuliferous ♦ Hispidulous ♦ Muriculate ♦ scan, scour, serrulate, Serrulation, Stellulate, sweet sultan ♦ To go into particulars ♦ Verruculose. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "minutely": Clavie ♦ expansive classification ♦ Gift-horse ♦ Raining Tree. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Production. Airplane engines. Airplane engines assembled for testing in a Midwest plant. After the tests have been run, the engines will be torn down and all parts minutely inspected. After reassembly and another series of tests, the engines will be shipp. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Longfellow | A life that is worth writing at all, is worth writing minutely and truthfully. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | All the inlets and assailable parts of our Union have been minutely examined, and positions taken with a view to the best effect, observing in every instance a just regard for economy. |
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| "Minutely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Minutely" is used about 90 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 90 | 34,744 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "minutely": examine minutely. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "minutely": minutely-decorated, minutely-remembered. | |
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| Language | Translations for "minutely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | saktësisht (according to cocker, exactly, Pat, precisely, sharp, strictly, to the letter), nga pak, në shkallë të vogël, imtësisht (circumstantially), hollësisht (circumstantially, in detail, particularly). (various references) | |
Arabic | بالتفصيل (in detail, in particular), بدقة (accurately, carefully, circumstantially, fussily, narrowly, on time, painstakingly, precisely, strictly, true). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | щателно (close, closely), често (constantly, frequently, hourly, oft, often, oftentimes, regular, repeatedly), чест (frequent, honor, honour, rapid fire, thick), ежеминутно (momentarily), ежеминутен (momentary), постоянно (constantly, ever, every moment, habitually, invariably, perennially, permanently, steadily, uniformly), постоянен (abiding, changeless, chronic, constant, continuous, direct, firm, fixed, frequent, hourly, immovable, invariable, lasting, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, regular, secular, settled, stable, standing, static, steadfast, steady, stock, substantive, sustained, unalterable, undeviating, unfailing, unidirectional, uniform, uninterrupted, unvaried), подробно (at length, in and out, in detail, in full, intimately, narrowly, particularly). (various references) | |
Chinese | 細 (fine, slender, thin), " (duty, responsibility, young), 周详地. (various references) | |
Czech | každou minutu. (various references) | |
Finnish | yksityiskohtaisesti (circumstantially, in detail), yksityiskohdittain (in detail), seikkaperäisesti (circumstantially, in detail), perinpohjin (in detail, radically, thoroughly). (various references) | |
French | minutieusement, en détails, dans les moindre détailles. (various references) | |
German | genau (absolute, accurate, accurately, bang, close, closely, correct, correctly, dead, detailed, directly, due, even, exact, exacting, exactly, fairly, faithfully, fastidious, fine, finely, intimately, level, meticulous, meticulously, near, nice, nicely, on time, particular, pedantic, precise, precisely, prompt, properly, punctilious, punctual, quite, right, rigid, scrupulous, sharp, shrewd, smoothly, specific, specifically, Square, squarely, strict, strictly, true, very), exakt (accurate, concisely, exact, exactly, meticulous, meticulously, precise, precisely, proper). (various references) | |
Greek | λεπτομερώσ (particularly). (various references) | |
Hungarian | aprólékosan (religiously, scrupulously). (various references) | |
Indonesian | teliti (accurate, particular, thorough). (various references) | |
Italian | minutamente, di minuto in minuto. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 逐一 (in detail, one by one). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "まかく (finely), "と"まかに (in detail), "と"まやかに (in detail), ちくいち (in detail, one by one). (various references) | |
Korean | 작게. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inutelymay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | minuciosamente (narrowly, thoroughly, throughly), todos os minutos, em cada minuto, detalhadamente, de minuto a minuto. (various references) | |
Romanian | la fiecare minut, din minut în minut, de fiecare minut, de fiecare clipã, adesea (frequently, many a time, many times, oft, often, regularly, repeatedly). (various references) | |
Russian | ежеминутный, ежеминутно (momentarily, momently), подробно (at length, circumstantially, in detail, narrowly). (various references) | |
Scottish | rannsaich (examine minutely, scrutinize, search). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | minutni (minute), svakog minuta, precizno (accurately, precisely), podrobno, podroban (detailed), do tančina, detaljno (detail: in detail, large: at large). (various references) | |
Spanish | minuciosamente (meticulously). (various references) | |
Swedish | minutiöst, minimalt, varje minut. (various references) | |
Turkish | inceden inceye, dikkatle (attentively, closely, gingerly, with care), özenle (carefully, grandmotherly, meticulously). (various references) | |
Turkmen | jikme-jik (in great detail). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | щохвилинний, щохвилини (momentarily, momently), точно (accurately, cold, dead, definitely, due, exactly, explicitly, fair, faithfully, flush, just, microscopically, precisely, prompt, punctually, sharp, to a turn, true, truly), докладно (amply, at large, circumstantiality, closely, microscopically, narrowly, particularly). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tỉ mỉ (close, closely, conscientious, elaborately, meticulous, minute, narrowly, operose, particular, scrutinizingly, thorough), kỹ lưỡng (close, elaborate, elaborately, over, scrutinizingly, searching, thorough), chi tiết (detail, particularly), cặn kẽ (a font, minute, particular). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Minutely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mauteby, minotels, minutile, minutilla, monitel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "minutely" (pronounced mi"nutlē) |
| 5 | -n u t l ē | affectionately, alternately, compassionately, definitely, dispassionately, disproportionately, fortunately, indefinitely, indiscriminately, infinitely, inordinately, passionately, proportionately, unfortunately. |
| 4 | -u t l ē | accurately, adequately, appropriately, approximately, commensurately, deliberately, delicately, desperately, elaborately, explicitly, exquisitely, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, moderately, privately, quietly, secretly, separately, tacitly, ultimately. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, acutely, adamantly, adroitly, apparently, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, deftly, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, independently, indignantly, indirectly, inefficiently, ineptly, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, prominently, promptly, prudently, pungently, quaintly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: untimely. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-m-n-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: enmity, lenity, lutein, minuet, minute, mutely, mutine, mutiny, myelin, telium, timely. | |
-3 letters: elint, ileum, inlet, limen, limey, liney, linty, linum, lumen, lunet, meiny, milty, minty, muley, unite, unity, unlet, unlit, unmet, untie, until, utile. | |
-4 letters: elmy, emit, etui, inly, item, lent, lien, lieu, lime, limn, limy, line, lint, liny, lite, litu, lune, lunt. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m-n-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: impudently. | |
+3 letters: importunely, imprudently, multiagency, multienzyme, unlimitedly. | |
+4 letters: diminutively, multisensory, munificently, ruminatively, simultaneity, unmyelinated. | |
+5 letters: consumptively, coterminously, documentarily, enumerability, importunately, mellifluently, mensurability, monumentality, multicurrency, mutagenically, penultimately, pneumatically, pneumatolytic, rudimentarily, unemotionally, unmitigatedly, unremittingly, unsymmetrical. | |
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