minuteness
/mai'nju:tnis/
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The artist painted with incredible minuteness, capturing every tiny leaf on the tree.
Definition
- Noun:
- Great precision; painstaking attention to detail: The quality of being extremely precise, careful, and thorough in examining or describing something.
- The property of being very small in size: The quality of being extremely tiny or diminutive.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Precision):
- The success of the restoration depended on the minuteness of the artist's brushwork.
- He reviewed the contract with remarkable minuteness, leaving no clause unexamined.
- Noun (Small size):
- The minuteness of the insect's wings made them difficult to study without a microscope.
- We were amazed by the minuteness of the components in the watch mechanism.
Advanced Usage
- "with great minuteness": used to describe an action performed with extreme detail and precision.
- The historian described the battle with great minuteness.
- "the minuteness of detail": a common phrase highlighting the extremely fine level of detail present in something.
- The minuteness of detail in the miniature model was astonishing.
Variants and Related Words
- Minute (adj): /maɪˈnjuːt/
- Meaning 1: Extremely small in size.
- minute particles of dust
- Meaning 2: Characterized by close, careful attention to detail; precise.
- a minute examination of the evidence
- Minutely (adv): /maɪˈnjuːtli/
- In a very detailed and precise way.
- The document was minutely analyzed.
Synonyms
- Precision, exactness, meticulousness (for the meaning of great detail).
- Tininess, smallness, diminutiveness (for the meaning of small size).
Antonyms
- Generality, vagueness, imprecision (for the meaning of great detail).
- Vastness, enormity, largeness (for the meaning of small size).
The artist painted with incredible minuteness, capturing every tiny leaf on the tree.
Noun
- great precision; painstaking attention to details
- he examined the essay with the greatest minuteness
- the property of being very small in size
- hence the minuteness of detail in the painting