as in systematically
with attention to all aspects or details
a minutely detailed analysis of the series of glitches that resulted in the blackout
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In the case of the beamer, instead of an adjustable mirror scientists would have to minutely adjust each laser fiber to make the atmospheric correction.
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Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2016
The central one is the music the band constructs in the studio, which is minutely tweaked and painstakingly considered.
—Jon Pareles, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
This movement is a consequence of how the moon tugs on Earth to create the tides, which in turn drag Earth’s spin down minutely.
—Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
But nothing is truly remote in Barrett’s minutely observed world.
—Hazlitt, 20 Mar. 2024
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Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2016
The central one is the music the band constructs in the studio, which is minutely tweaked and painstakingly considered.
—Jon Pareles, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
This movement is a consequence of how the moon tugs on Earth to create the tides, which in turn drag Earth’s spin down minutely.
—Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
But nothing is truly remote in Barrett’s minutely observed world.
—Hazlitt, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Minutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minutely. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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