minutelyadj.
/ˈmɪnᵻtli/, U.S. /ˈmɪnᵻtli/ Now rare.
That occurs every minute, or minute by minute.
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the world > time > period > minute > [adjective] > occurring every minute
minutelya1616
minute-to-minute1948
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. ii. 18 Now do's he feele His secret Murthers sticking on his hands, Now minutely Reuolts vpbraid his Faith-breach. View more context for this quotation
1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man xvii. §7. 364 All that we possesse is in minutely danger of loosing.
1720 Humourist 93 I have staid four Hours in Minutely Expectation.
1802 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 390 Our minutely conduct towards each other.
1865 Evening Exchange 10 Feb. 1/1 The hourly and minutely fluctuations of the..Markets.
1994 C. McWilliam Debatable Land (1995) ii. 58 The daily, hourly, minutely demands that the practice of goodness must make.
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minutelyadv.1
/mʌɪˈnjuːtli/, U.S. /maɪˈn(j)utli/, /məˈn(j)utli/ 1. † a. Into small pieces. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adverb] > into separate parts > small
smallOE
smally1578
mincingly1598
minutely1599
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 89/2 Contunde all that is to be contundede, & cut the rest minutly, then mixe it to a paeste with good wine.
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Minutly, smally.
b. On a minute scale; with minute subdivision; finely.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > on a minute scale
finely1542
minutely1794
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 435 Siliceous earths are characterized by..a total want of flexibility, and adherence to each other, when minutely divided.
1836 E. Howard Rattlin li The..minutely-sanded beach.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 656 A series of granules..range along each side of the medial space, as if the surface were minutely verruculose.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius x. 279 Realgar occurs minutely but well crystallized.
1916 E. R. Burroughs Beasts of Tarzan iii. 43 Into this he crumbled a few bits of dry bark, minutely shredded.
1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) v. 128 The brush-like inflorescence bears numerous bristles that are minutely roughened.
1989 J. Updike Self-consciousness ii. 57 The sand itself, so minutely sparkling and faceted, spilling warmly through my fingers.
2. † b. Thoroughly. Obsolete.
a. In or to a minute degree; with great or absolute precision or exactness.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with scrupulous care or attention to detail
narrowlyeOE
narrowOE
wellOE
busilyc1225
inwardly?c1225
closely1509
nearly1540
near1560
searchingly1574
nicely1597
exactly1612
strictly1632
close1642
pressly1642
scrutinously1650
minutely1690
scrupulously1712
tightly1758
keenly1824
slippery1828
meticulously1961
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adverb]
narrowlyeOE
closely1509
searchingly1574
close1642
pressly1642
scrutinously1650
minutely1690
scrutinizingly1828
probingly1876
scanningly1876
vivisectionally1899
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxviii. 163 Light being that which discovers to us visible Objects, we give the name of Obscure, to that, which is not placed in a Light, sufficient to discover minutely to us the Figure and Colours.
1696 T. Dilke Lover's Luck iv. 31 I am sincerely glad to find you so minutely punctual, Mr. Eager.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. x. 33 Considering things minutely, and not swallowing them in the gross.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 98 Observations of this Kind cannot be supposed to hold minutely, and in every Case.
1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 239 He enquired minutely into my situation.
1806 S. Cassan Poems 31 And had Jehu not tightly our Pegasus rein'd, And a central line most minutely maintain'd.
1821 J. W. Croker Diary 24 Aug. The King went minutely through the museum, and other parts [etc.].
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. vii. 680 He most minutely and learnedly investigated the ancient course of the Exchequer.
1895 Ld. Esher in Law Times Rep. 73 650/1 It is not necessary to disclose minutely and in detail every material fact.
1903 T.P.'s Weekly 18 Sept. 495/1 Mr. John Hollingshead has minutely described a little dinner with Dickens.
1964 E. Bowen Little Girls iii. i. 176 As minutely as could be possible from a distance, she examined all things.
1989 H. Lee Willa Cather ii. 19 Cather is a writer who draws very intensely and minutely on her life.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > completely or thoroughly
welleOE
furtherlyc1175
through and through?1316
perfectlya1400
radically?a1425
roundly?a1425
substantiallya1425
perfectc1425
thoroughly1442
substantiallyc1449
throughlya1450
naitlyc1450
through1472
surely?a1475
cleanc1475
through stitch1573
fundamentally1587
down1616
perfectedly1692
minutely1796
homea1825
good1834
rotten1840
out1971
full on1979
1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) at Fuzz To shuffle cards minutely.
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 106 The ingredients are more minutely disseminated than can be performed by hand.
3. To a minute extent; very slightly.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > in or by a very small degree or amount
just1600
diminutively1750
infinitesimally1850
minutely1854
fractionally1871
hemi-demi-semi1929
1854 Madame de Staël Holstein 12 in Chambers's Repository 2 She characterises them so distinctly in their infinitely varied aspects, and minutely differing shades.
1926 W. Lewis Art of being Ruled vii. xi. 230 There is no way in which people differ, however minutely, that does not supply material for a ‘war’.
1977 J. Gathorne-Hardy Public School Phenomenon 252 She was an interesting woman (to digress minutely), living to an immense age.
1998 Skydiving July 41/1 Using your arms to minutely adjust your fall rate.
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minutelyadv.2
/ˈmɪnᵻtli/, U.S. /ˈmɪnᵻtli/ Now rare.
Every minute; minute by minute.
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the world > time > period > minute > [adverb]
minutely1599
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 22 [The red herring]..is the onely vnexhaustible mine that hath raisd and begot all this, and minutely to riper maturity fosters and cherisheth it.
1654 H. Hammond Of Fund. in Notion viii. 66 As if it were minutely proclaimed in thunder from heaven.
1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 129 We,..by most unworthy provocations daily and minutely tempt his patience.
1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 263 Their frying Blood compells to irrigate Their dry furr'd Tongues, else minutely to Death Obnoxious, dismal Death, th' Effect of Drought.
1803 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 439 The sharpshooters were behind exercising minutely.
1807 tr. Three Germans II. 52 A friend, whom I now minutely expect at the castle gates.
1845 S. Wilberforce in A. R. Ashwell Life S. Wilberforce (1880) I. 269 Two daughters..played daily, hourly, minutely..by a very clever, reaching mother, for coronets and a settlement.
1962 A. Fineberg & J. Katzer tr. V. Lenin Coll. Wks. IX. 460 What is being constantly, hourly and minutely lost sight of is that, without serious guarantees, all these fine things are but hollow phrases.
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