microscopically

adverb

Definition of microscopicallynext
as in minutely

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Recent Examples of microscopically When a piece of plastic breaks down into microscopically small components, its total surface area goes up exponentially. — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 The only natural safeguard your body has against UV light is a microscopically thin layer of a pigment called melanin in your epidermis. — Guy German, The Conversation, 18 June 2026 Coming up with materials that will do that work is actually the easy part; turning them into the microscopically-thin film of a solar sail is the real challenge. — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 31 May 2026 When looked at microscopically, there were patterns that suggested the possibility of life on Mars at one time. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026 Corintis The simulation and optimization software developed by Corintis is used to design a network of microscopically small channels on cold plates. — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Nov. 2025 Rather, it is picked up microscopically—usually from a urine sample taken for another purpose at a healthcare provider's office. — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microscopically
  1. minutely
  2. systematically
  3. comprehensively
  4. exhaustively
  5. meticulously
  6. thoroughly
  7. completely
  8. fully
Adverb
  • Your own search will factor into this list, reorienting its order, however minutely.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Roman, however, can uniquely sift through Andromeda’s stars much more minutely because of its wider field of view.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of minutely
Adverb
  • Police arrested him again in April 2023 and started combing through the forest more systematically and exhuming mass graves.
    — Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Embodied Neurocomputation Framework treats this as an engineering problem, systematically optimizing information entering the neural network.
    — Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of systematically
Adverb
  • Africa has around 2,000 languages but very few are represented comprehensively in AI models, said academics on The Conversation.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 22 Oct. 2026
  • On Wednesday, the mood was gleefully electric as Atlanta comprehensively dismantled their opponents to take control of the series.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of comprehensively
Adverb
  • Comparison shopping more exhaustively can be just that, exhausting.
    — Lindsay Owens, as told to Nina Zipkin, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • It has also only been trained on a limited number of cell types that biologists have studied exhaustively.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of exhaustively
Adverb
  • While Barlow normally kept her car meticulously clean, Kramer said the recovered vehicle had been completely trashed inside and looked as though it had been driven under a fence.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Hundreds of sauces meticulously arranged in neat rows, like soldiers standing at attention, greet us.
    — Vanessa Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of meticulously
Adverb
  • But an intravenous dose reaches the bloodstream more thoroughly.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The character was so thoroughly developed that Yerou and her team could hit the ground running on a marketing campaign.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of thoroughly
Adverb
  • By the 2120s, the entire labyrinth will be completely backfilled, sealed, and handed over to the state.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Simone…commanded a room, captivating audiences with unexpected combinations of genres and her ability to surrender herself completely to the music.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of completely
Adverb
  • The fully electric design combines a 151 MWh energy storage system with containerized batteries and port charging infrastructure.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Yet, Wealth Briefing Asia notes that regulatory and reporting challenges often stop family offices from fully embracing crypto assets.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of fully

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“Microscopically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microscopically. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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