microscopically

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adverb by using a microscope; so as to be visible only with a microscope; as seen with a microscope
adverb as if by using a microscope; with extreme precision and attention to detail; in minute detail

From microscopic + -ally.

Blown to bits; bits so inconceivably, so ineffably, so "microscopically" small that--but let us not anticipate. — Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
A battleship may be gigantic on some terms of reference, but in the immensity of the galaxy it is microscopically infinitesimal. — The Misplaced Battleship, Harry Harrison
He would hold a piece on his fork to the light, scrutinize it microscopically, and only after long deliberation decide to put it in his mouth. — The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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