microscopically
adverb
uk/ˌmaɪ.krəˈskɒp.ɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌmaɪ.krəˈskɑː.pɪ.kəl.i/sciencespecialized
in a way that uses or can only beseenwith amicroscope(= adevicethat makes verysmallobjectslooklarger):
用显微镜地;用显微镜可见地microscopicallysmall微小的
Microscopically, bothkidneysshowedmanysmallscars.用显微镜可见两个肾脏上都有许多小疤。
not great in size, amount, etc.
- smallI live in a small town.
- littleShe's a good little girl.
- a littleI just want a little ice cream.
- a little (bit)I was a little bit upset that she ate the last piece of cake.
- tinyHis body was covered in tiny red spots.
informaloftenhumorous
in a way that isextremelysmallordetailed:
Everyone is going to microscopicallyexamineeverything you have done.
I had beenchosentoplaythe microscopicallysmallroleof Martina.
See
microscopic
- Zooplankton is anassortmentofmarineanimalswhichrangefrom microscopicallysmallto severalcentimetreslong.
- Tissueliningthecavityisremovedandexaminedmicroscopically.
- apairof microscopicallysmallgoldhotpants
Extremely small
- atomized
- be knee-high to a grasshopperidiom
- exiguous
- fractional
- imperceptible
- incy
- irreducibly
- itsy-bitsy
- itty-bitty
- knee-high
- Lilliputian
- nano-
- slim
- subatomic
- teensy
- teeny
- tiddly
- tincy
- vanishingly
- weeny