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MINUTENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Great precision; painstaking attention to details
Example:
he examined the essay with the greatest minuteness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("minuteness" is a kind of...):
exactitude; exactness (the quality of being exact)
Derivation:
minute (characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of being very small in size
Example:
hence the minuteness of detail in the painting
Synonyms:
diminutiveness; minuteness; petiteness; tininess; weeness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("minuteness" is a kind of...):
littleness; smallness (the property of having a relatively small size)
Derivation:
minute (infinitely or immeasurably small)
