† miˈnutial, a. Obs.
[f. minutia + -al1.]
Of the nature of minutiæ; pertaining to details.
| 1612 T. Taylor Comm. Titus ii. 14 In smaller, and minutiall matters to carrie an vnbounded..zeale, were to call for a sword to kill a flie. 1778 W. H. Marshall Minutes Agric., Digest 16 The minutial management of Farms. 1796 ― W. England II. 170 In minutial practices..the Vale [of Exeter] pursues the Devonshire method. |