All 21 Uses of
minute
in
Lord of the Flies
- The forest minutely vibrated.
p. 26..7 (definition 1) *minutely = very slightly
- The edge of the lagoon became a streak of phosphorescence which advanced minutely, as the great wave of the tide flowed.
p. 153..9 (definition 1)minutely = slightly
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Wait a minute!†
p. 7..4 (definition 2) *
- "Wait a minute," the voice said.†
p. 7..5 (definition 2)
- I'll be out again in just a minute—" Ralph disentangled himself cautiously and stole away through the branches.†
p. 9..8 (definition 2)
- This amused both boys so much that Ralph went on squirting for some minutes, between bouts of laughter.†
p. 17..2 (definition 2)
- Not for five minutes could they drag themselves away from this triumph.†
p. 28..5 (definition 2)
- The nearer acres of rock flowers fluttered and for half a minute the breeze blew cool on their faces.†
p. 30..4 (definition 2)
- They waited for two minutes, then they fell in the sea; they went into the forest; they just scattered everywhere.†
p. 46..2 (definition 2)
- Jack himself shrank at this cry with a hiss of indrawn breath, and for a minute became less a hunter than a furtive thing, ape-like among the tangle of trees.†
p. 49..2 (definition 2)
- I bet if I blew the conch this minute, they'd come running.†
p. 51..2 (definition 2)
- When the meeting was over they'd work for five minutes, then wander off or go hunting.†
p. 51..3 (definition 2)
- _" Yet as the words became audible, the procession reached the steepest part of the mountain, and in a minute or two the chant had died away.†
p. 69..1 (definition 2)
- Wait a minute! I mean, who built all three?†
p. 80..1 (definition 2)
- No—Jack is it?—wait a minute.†
p. 90..7 (definition 2)
- There was no sense of the passage of waves; only this minute-long fall and rise and fall.†
p. 105..8 (definition 2)
- Wait a minute though!†
p. 118..3 (definition 2)
- Piggy knelt at his left, and for a long minute there was silence.†
p. 155..8 (definition 2)
- Stop a minute!†
p. 171..3 (definition 2)
- Every minute the water breathed round the death rock and flowered into a field of whiteness.†
p. 187..1 (definition 2)
- Yet no one made a sound; and as the minutes passed, in the green shade, his feeling of triumph faded.†
p. 192..5 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (minute as in: minute size) small, exceptionally small, or insignificant
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Much more commonly, minute and minutes refer to a period of time lasting 60 seconds.
Less commonly, they refer to a measurement of angle where 60 minutes make up a single degree, and where a right angle has 90 degrees and a circle has 360 degrees.