Meanings
plural minutenesses
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being minute.
Beedel picked up a loose sheet of paper and scored it heavily with a plan of the neighbourhood as he explained the position with some minuteness.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC - countablerareusuallySomething very tiny.
Hitherto I have hoarded up mementoes and monuments of the past; been a worshiper of all heirlooms; a fond filer away of letters, locks of hair, bits of ribbon, flowers, and the thousand-and-one minutenesses which love and memory think they sanctify:—but it is forever over now!
1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe property of being very small in size
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Spanish minuciosidad, acribia
- minuciosidadTranslations
- acribiaTranslations
- diminutezTranslations
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Cite this entry
minuteness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minuteness
“minuteness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minuteness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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