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mi-NYOOSH-ee-ee/mɪˈnjuːʃiiː/

Minutiae are small, precise, or trivial details (plural): the minutiae of the codebook, lost in minutiae. Minute and detail (already in the dictionary) are everyday; a vibe is not a named slice.

Meaning

Small, precise, or trivial details (plural; from minute and detail, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “The minutiae of the codebook still need a named slice; a vibe is not a frame.”
• “Details is everyday. Particulars is the close twin. Minute is already in this course. A vibe is talk. A named list with a date is methods. Write the frame; then keep the particulars if the clause still sits on a fact.”

Good to know

Tiny precise details (plural). Everyday: details. Related: minute (already in the dictionary). A vibe ≠ a frame.

Near in meaning

details, particulars, niceties

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