microscopically

adverb

Definition of microscopicallynext
as in minutely

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Recent Examples of microscopically When a piece of plastic breaks down into microscopically small components, its total surface area goes up exponentially. — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 The only natural safeguard your body has against UV light is a microscopically thin layer of a pigment called melanin in your epidermis. — Guy German, The Conversation, 18 June 2026 Coming up with materials that will do that work is actually the easy part; turning them into the microscopically-thin film of a solar sail is the real challenge. — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 31 May 2026 When looked at microscopically, there were patterns that suggested the possibility of life on Mars at one time. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026 Corintis The simulation and optimization software developed by Corintis is used to design a network of microscopically small channels on cold plates. — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Nov. 2025 Rather, it is picked up microscopically—usually from a urine sample taken for another purpose at a healthcare provider's office. — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microscopically
  1. minutely
  2. systematically
  3. comprehensively
  4. exhaustively
  5. meticulously
  6. thoroughly
  7. completely
  8. fully
Adverb
  • Your own search will factor into this list, reorienting its order, however minutely.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Roman, however, can uniquely sift through Andromeda’s stars much more minutely because of its wider field of view.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of minutely
Adverb
  • Police arrested him again in April 2023 and started combing through the forest more systematically and exhuming mass graves.
    — Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Embodied Neurocomputation Framework treats this as an engineering problem, systematically optimizing information entering the neural network.
    — Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of systematically
Adverb
  • La Cinquecento has comprehensively reworked the little Italian icon into something collectors will line up over.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The court found the federal Pipeline Safety Act comprehensively regulates interstate pipeline safety, meaning individual states cannot interfere with or override federal authority on these operations.
    — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of comprehensively
Adverb
  • Comparison shopping more exhaustively can be just that, exhausting.
    — Lindsay Owens, as told to Nina Zipkin, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • It has also only been trained on a limited number of cell types that biologists have studied exhaustively.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of exhaustively
Adverb
  • With Joel and Ethan Coen, the process was often meticulously planned.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Veteran chef Sam Koo builds the changing selection around fresh fish and meticulously handled rice, with rolls starting at $5, chirashi boxes from $23 and bento items priced $4 to $11.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of meticulously
Adverb
  • In a series thoroughly well cast (by Jessica Kelly and Lisa Parasyn), Lee and Brennan, especially, stand out as originals, their performances drawn from life, or some private corner of their imagination.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Blazy’s collection this season references an unstructured 1920s silhouette, while this style’s homage to the house’s boucle tweed, embellished with paillettes, creates a thoroughly modern evening look.
    — Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of thoroughly
Adverb
  • This is a major milestone for us, but honestly, that happened completely naturally and organically.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The screen is also a pleasure to read, both with the backlight and completely unlit under natural light, with text looking sharp and even grayscale renderings of color art showing plenty of detail.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of completely
Adverb
  • Every flashback sequence is fully animated, even though everything in the present is live-action.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
  • It's also designed to be fully and rapidly reusable, a breakthrough that SpaceX believes will revolutionize spaceflight.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of fully

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