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Recent Examples of minutely First the festivals, then New York and L.A., then the world would bear witness to her childhood fears, her daily passions and frustrations, her minutely observed existence, all tastefully packaged within, for instance, a buddy comedy or an interplanetary embezzlement plot. Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 Finally, this sleeping pad also gets top marks for the adjustability, using the brand’s reliable flat-lock air valve that can be minutely adjusted for different inflation levels, and deflates in just a few seconds. Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025 Ferguson has been leading a team to create a minutely detailed map of French Quarter streets, including permanent and temporary structures ranging from pavement types to signage. Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025 The movie's pace picks up again as a new set of volunteers and paid professionals dig — using rigid standards and minutely recording their progress so that scientists around the world would accept the findings — under the Clovis levels, nine feet below the surface of the land. Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for minutely
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minutely
thoroughly
Adverb
  • Taking the time to assess the situation thoroughly and select the appropriate approach can mean the difference between permanent loss and full recovery.
    Chongwei Chen, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Because critics of social justice tend to inhabit the exact professional milieu where social justice has been most thoroughly integrated with the endless pursuit of profit.
    Book Marks August 7, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Minutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minutely. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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