MICROSCOPICALLY Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

microscopically

adverb

Definition of microscopically

as in minutely

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Recent Examples of microscopically 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

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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

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Palestinians have been systematically dehumanized, along with the broader Arab and Muslim world, to serve the foreign policy objectives of governments without questioning the moral and legal implications.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The Premier League announced Tuesday that its most successful club over the past 15 seasons, and current standings leader, systematically broke financial monitoring rules for years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of systematically

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La Cinquecento has comprehensively reworked the little Italian icon into something collectors will line up over.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026
The court found the federal Pipeline Safety Act comprehensively regulates interstate pipeline safety, meaning individual states cannot interfere with or override federal authority on these operations.

— Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of comprehensively

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It has also only been trained on a limited number of cell types that biologists have studied exhaustively.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Preservation Connecticut’s searchable surveys, built in collaboration with the State Historic Preservation Office, exhaustively document historic barns, mills, artistic places, and town greens in every part of the state.

— Jane Montanaro, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhaustively

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Much of the Red Barn’s irreplaceable art and ephemera, meticulously and lovingly curated over the years, was lost — but the music series, powered by the fireproof resiliency of those who oversee the collective, barely skipped a beat.

— Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
And his film, at once proudly unlikable and meticulously realized, is both a daring display of craft and a rude sign of life—which is to say, the opposite of depressing.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of meticulously

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Throughout, the thoroughly modern bathrooms have anti-fog mirrors and fluffy robes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
My sympathies are entirely with Prince William, who's a thoroughly honorable, decent young man who's just had it with his brother and wants nothing to do with him.

— Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of thoroughly

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The third, Surrender, is a massage performed in water, in which the buoyancy and warmth allow the body to completely relax and let go.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026
What’s different about this style is that its uppers are completely decorated with small, shimmering crystal details in a silvery, light-catching finish.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of completely

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Resnikoff fully inhabits the role of Jaku, giving him a distinctive and consistent voice, posture and temperament.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Officials said during the Oval Office event that building the pipeline will take three years and that exports of liquified natural gas would begin two years after that -- but that was dependent on financing coming through fully.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026

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