1.
[syn: diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness]
2. great precision; painstaking attention to details;
- Example: "he examined the essay with the greatest minuteness"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Minuteness \Mi*nute"ness\, n.
The quality of being minute.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
minuteness
n 1: the property of being very small in size; "hence the
minuteness of detail in the painting" [syn:
diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess,
weeness]
2: great precision; painstaking attention to details; "he
examined the essay with the greatest minuteness"