- extremely small synonym tiny
- minute amounts of chemicals in the water
- The kitchen on the boat is minute.
Extra Examples- Even minute amounts of bacteria in the water supply can cause disease.
- There were minute traces of the drug present in his blood.
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- very detailed, careful and complete
- a minute examination/inspection
- She remembered everything in minute detail/in the minutest detail(s).
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘lesser’, with reference to a tithe or tax): from Latin minutus ‘lessened’, past participle of minuere.
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