Definition of Minutest

1. Adjective. (superlative of minute) Smallest, littlest, tiniest. ¹

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Definition of Minutest

1. minute [adj] - See also: minute

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minutest

minute of arc
minute output
minute repeater
minute steak
minute volume
minuted
minutely
minuteman
minutemen
minuteness
minutenesses
minuter
minutes
minutes of angle
minuteslong
minutest (current term)
minutia
minutiae
minutial
minuting
minutiæ
minx
minxes
minxish
minxlike
miny
minyan
minyanim
minyans
minyulite

Literary usage of Minutest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Above all he excelled in microscopic canvases, wherein the wonderful reproduction of the minutest details is a perpetual source of astonishment. ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The rubrics (so called from having originally been written or printed in red ink) give directions for the minutest details of the service. ..."

3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"To the gold- weight, to the minutest particulars. GOLDY, adj. Of a gold colour. GOLDYLOCKS, ». The name of a plant. GOLE, (1) ». The jaw-bone. (2) ». ..."

4. The Dictionary of English History by Frederick Sanders Pulling (1884)
"... to strike a blow at any weak point of the assailants with a vigilant forethought, extending even to the minutest measures of defence." Lord Stanhope. ..."

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