detailedadj.
/ˈdiːteɪld/, /dᵻˈteɪld/, U.S. /dəˈteɪld/, /ˈdiˌteɪld/ 1.
a. Related, stated, or described circumstantially; abounding in details; minute, particular, circumstantial.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > going into detail > detailed
specialc1449
particular1548
punctual1611
strict1645
syllabical1647
circumstantiate1649
circumstantiated1654
detaileda1779
intimate1817
inventorial1830
particularized1860
fine-grained1894
pinpoint1960
a1779 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (new ed.) iv. Notes, in Wks. (1788) II. 657 In a professed and detailed poem on the subject.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 419 No detailed report of the evidence has come down to us.
1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 6 I will not lose time in any detailed defence.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 280 In my more detailed narrative of English affairs.
b. Fine Arts. Executed in detail; furnished with all its details.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [adjective] > qualities of work of art
uniforma1552
sweet1662
stiff1779
chargeda1806
late1851
ineffective1858
detailed1867
schematic1868
rhythmical1880
functional1881
late-period1927
engaged1947
engagé1955
retardataire1958
1867 A. Barry Life & Wks. Sir C. Barry viii. 283 A fully detailed cornice of the order.
c. transferred. Of a writer: Given to detail, circumstantial.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > minutely detailed
particularc1395
circumstantiala1616
detailed1871
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 153 Described by the most detailed historian of this campaign.
2. Military. Appointed to a particular duty; seconded.
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1874 2nd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1873–4 617 We have in connection with the college, a detailed United States army officer, but what he is to do I don't know.
Derivatives
deˈtailedly adv.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] > in detail
sundrya1400
speciallyc1405
parcelly1451
particulary1473
particularly1489
plentifully?1544
inventorially1604
punctually1618
detailedly1806
1806 J. Pytches in Monthly Mag. 22 210 He regrets that I have not gone more detailedly into my design.
deˈtailedness n.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed
specialty1384
circumstance1393
punctuality1620
punctualness1620
specializing1633
particularity1638
detailedness1842
specificality1858
detailism1865
1842 J. Sterling Ess. & Tales (1848) I. 439 Its positiveness, shrewdness, detailedness, incongruity.
1887 A. C. Benson William Laud 104 The..extent and detailedness of the criticism.
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