microscopically

adverb

Definition of microscopicallynext
as in minutely

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  1. minutely
  2. thoroughly
  3. fully
Adverb
  • 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
  • Shards of caribou bones and antlers lie on the tundra as ghostly business cards of a bygone migration, greened with mold, and minutely chiseled and mined for calcium by tiny vole teeth.
    Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of minutely
Adverb
  • But they were thoroughly dominated Sunday afternoon.
    Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Notice that all these recipes—the Veronese, the Venetian, the Mantuan, and so forth—are thoroughly grounded in the what and the where.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of thoroughly
Adverb
  • But aging in Jamaica’s tropical heat makes things move quickly, and this is a terrific, fully mature rum.
    Tony Sachs, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • But economists have warned that more direct fiscal stimulus aimed at shoring up domestic consumption is needed to restore full health in China’s economy, which has struggled to fully recover since the Covid-19 pandemic.
    Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of fully
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Thesaurus Entries Near microscopically

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microscopically

microsecond

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