minutely

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-European *minéwti

Proto-Italic *minuō

Latin minuō

Latin minūtusbor.

English minute

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English minutely

From minute (“small”) + -ly (“adverbial”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪˈnjuːtlɪ/

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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)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Middle English mynute

English minute

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-West Germanic *-līk

Old English -līċ

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English minutely

From minute (“unit of time”) + -ly (“adjectival”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnɪtlɪ/

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.

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