minutely

English

Etymology

From minute +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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

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. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

with attention to tiny details

• Bulgarian: подробно (bg) (podrobno), детайлно (bg) (detajlno)
• Portuguese: minuciosamente (pt)
• Spanish: minuciosamente (es)
• Ukrainian: докла́дно (dokládno), дета́льно (detálʹno)

Adjective

minutely (not comparable)

1. Happening every minute.
2. Continuing; unceasing.
   • 1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:

     Throwing themselves absolutely upon God's minutely providence.

Anagrams

• untimely