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English
Etymology
From minute + -ary.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnətəɹi/, /ˈmɪnətɹi/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnəˌtɛɹi/, /ˈmɪnjəˌtɛɹi/
Adjective
minutary (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Pertaining to, or consisting of, minutes.
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; , London: Iohn Williams , →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):the minutary juncture of time
References
“minutary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.