Minutely vs Meticulous - What's the difference?
minutely | meticulous |
With attention to tiny details.
* 1913 , William Elliot Griffis, The Mikado's Empire (book 2, page 478)
On a minute scale.
Happening every minute; continuing; unceasing.
* Hammond
(archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
* {{quote-book, year=1943, author=
, passage=The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends. Our casualties in men, in ships and materiel have been low—in fact, far below our estimate.}}
As adjectives the difference between minutely and meticulous
is that minutely is happening every minute; continuing; unceasing while meticulous is (archaic) timid, fearful, overly cautious.As an adverb minutely
is with attention to tiny details.minutely
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- To describe them in full, and to recount minutely the ideas held by the Japanese rustics concerning them, would be to compile an octavo work on dragonology.
Adjective
(-)- Throwing themselves absolutely upon God's minutely providence.