Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
by using a microscope;
so as to be visible only with a microscope;
as seen with a microscope;
- Example: "the blood was examined microscopically"- Example: "the seeds were microscopically small"2.
as if by using a microscope;
with extreme precision and attention to detail;
in minute detail;
- Example: "every manuscript was edited microscopically"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Microscopically \Mi`cro*scop"ic*al*ly\, adv.
By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic
manner.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
microscopically
adv 1: by using a microscope; so as to be visible only with a
microscope; as seen with a microscope; "the blood was
examined microscopically"; "the seeds were
microscopically small"
2: as if by using a microscope; with extreme precision and
attention to detail; in minute detail; "every manuscript was
edited microscopically"