1. Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable. "Minute drops." Milton.
2. Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.
Syn. — Little; diminutive; fine; critical; exact; circumstantial; particular; detailed. — Minute, Circumstantial, Particular. A circumstantial account embraces all the leading events; a particular account includes each event and movement, though of but little importance; a minute account goes further still, and omits nothing as to person, time, place, adjuncts, etc.
MINUTE-JACK
Mi*nute"-jack`, n.
1. A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; — called also jack of the clock house.
2. A timeserver; an inconstant person. Shak.
MINUTELY
Mi*nute"ly, adv. Etym: [From 4th Minute.]
Defn: In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.
MINUTELY
Min"ute*ly, a. Etym: [From 1st Minute.]
Defn: Happening every minute; continuing; unceasing. [Obs.]
Throwing themselves absolutely upon God's minutely providence.
Hammond.