All 50 Uses of
minute
in
Emma
- I dare say, Miss Fairfax, that he either gave his friend very minute directions, or wrote to Broadwood himself.
Chpt 2.9-10 (definition 1)minute = detailed
- She will give you all the minute particulars, which only woman's language can make interesting.
Chpt 3.17-18 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- They remained but a few minutes together, as Miss Woodhouse must not be kept waiting; and Harriet then came running to her with a smiling face, and in a flutter of spirits, which Miss Woodhouse hoped very soon to compose.†
Chpt 1.3-4 (definition 2)
- Harriet was soon back again, and the proposal almost immediately made; and she had no scruples which could stand many minutes against the earnest pressing of both the others.†
Chpt 1.5-6 (definition 2)
- —she would not give him such a troublesome office for the world,"—brought on the desired repetition of entreaties and assurances,—and a very few minutes settled the business.†
Chpt 1.5-6 (definition 2)
- Half a minute brought it all out.†
Chpt 1.7-8 (definition 2)
- Some minutes passed in this unpleasant silence, with only one attempt on Emma's side to talk of the weather, but he made no answer.†
Chpt 1.7-8 (definition 2)
- After a mutual silence of some minutes, Harriet thus began again— "I do so wonder, Miss Woodhouse, that you should not be married, or going to be married! so charming as you are!†
Chpt 1.9-10 (definition 2)
- But she had not been there two minutes when she found that Harriet's habits of dependence and imitation were bringing her up too, and that, in short, they would both be soon after her.†
Chpt 1.9-10 (definition 2)
- This would not do; she immediately stopped, under pretence of having some alteration to make in the lacing of her half-boot, and stooping down in complete occupation of the footpath, begged them to have the goodness to walk on, and she would follow in half a minute.†
Chpt 1.9-10 (definition 2)
- For ten minutes she could hear nothing but herself.†
Chpt 1.9-10 (definition 2)
- It had a most favourable aspect; and, for half a minute, Emma felt the glory of having schemed successfully.†
Chpt 1.9-10 (definition 2)
- After an interval of some minutes, however, he began with, "I shall always be very sorry that you went to the sea this autumn, instead of coming here."†
Chpt 1.11-12 (definition 2)
- After a few minutes of entire silence between them, John Knightley began with— "I never in my life saw a man more intent on being agreeable than Mr. Elton.†
Chpt 1.13-14 (definition 2)
- Emma was rather in dismay when only half a minute afterwards he began to speak of other things, and in a voice of the greatest alacrity and enjoyment.†
Chpt 1.13-14 (definition 2)
- A few minutes more, and Emma hoped to see one troublesome companion deposited in his own house, to get sober and cool, and the other recover his temper and happiness when this visit of hardship were over.†
Chpt 1.15-16 (definition 2)
- He was too angry to say another word; her manner too decided to invite supplication; and in this state of swelling resentment, and mutually deep mortification, they had to continue together a few minutes longer, for the fears of Mr. Woodhouse had confined them to a foot-pace.†
Chpt 1.15-16 (definition 2)
- Cole had just been there, just called in for ten minutes, and had been so good as to sit an hour with them, and she had taken a piece of cake and been so kind as to say she liked it very much; and, therefore, she hoped Miss Woodhouse and Miss Smith would do them the favour to eat a piece too.†
Chpt 2.1-2 (definition 2)
- I had no intention, I thought I had no power of staying more than five minutes, when I first entered the house.†
Chpt 2.1-2 (definition 2)
- For it is not five minutes since I received Mrs. Cole's note—no, it cannot be more than five—or at least ten—for I had got my bonnet and spencer on, just ready to come out—I was only gone down to speak to Patty again about the pork—Jane was standing in the passage—were not you, Jane?†
Chpt 2.3-4 (definition 2)
- I shall just go round by Mrs. Cole's; but I shall not stop three minutes: and, Jane, you had better go home directly—I would not have you out in a shower!†
Chpt 2.3-4 (definition 2)
- The shower was heavy, but short; and it had not been over five minutes, when in came Harriet, with just the heated, agitated look which hurrying thither with a full heart was likely to give; and the "Oh!†
Chpt 2.3-4 (definition 2)
- —"And so, there she had set, without an idea of any thing in the world, full ten minutes, perhaps—when, all of a sudden, who should come in—to be sure it was so very odd!†
Chpt 2.3-4 (definition 2)
- — I found he was coming up towards me too—slowly you know, and as if he did not quite know what to do; and so he came and spoke, and I answered—and I stood for a minute, feeling dreadfully, you know, one can't tell how; and then I took courage, and said it did not rain, and I must go; and so off I set; and I had not got three yards from the door, when he came after me, only to say, if I was going to Hartfield, he thought I had much better go round by Mr. Cole's stables, for I should…†
Chpt 2.3-4 (definition 2)
- Fourteen minutes to be given to those with whom she had thankfully passed six weeks not six months ago!†
Chpt 2.5-6 (definition 2)
- They had been arrived only a few minutes, and Mr. Weston had scarcely finished his explanation of Frank's being a day before his time, and her father was yet in the midst of his very civil welcome and congratulations, when she appeared, to have her share of surprize, introduction, and pleasure.†
Chpt 2.5-6 (definition 2)
- Emma had hardly expected them: for Mr. Weston, who had called in for half a minute, in order to hear that his son was very handsome, knew nothing of their plans; and it was an agreeable surprize to her, therefore, to perceive them walking up to the house together, arm in arm.†
Chpt 2.5-6 (definition 2)
- Its character as a ball-room caught him; and instead of passing on, he stopt for several minutes at the two superior sashed windows which were open, to look in and contemplate its capabilities, and lament that its original purpose should have ceased.†
Chpt 2.5-6 (definition 2)
- Ten minutes would have been all that was necessary, perhaps all that was proper; and I had told my father I should certainly be at home before him—but there was no getting away, no pause; and, to my utter astonishment, I found, when he (finding me nowhere else) joined me there at last, that I had been actually sitting with them very nearly three-quarters of an hour.†
Chpt 2.5-6 (definition 2)
- The rest of the gentlemen being now in the room, Emma found herself obliged to turn from him for a few minutes, and listen to Mr. Cole.†
Chpt 2.7-8 (definition 2)
- Here ceased the concert part of the evening, for Miss Woodhouse and Miss Fairfax were the only young lady performers; but soon (within five minutes) the proposal of dancing—originating nobody exactly knew where—was so effectually promoted by Mr. and Mrs. Cole, that every thing was rapidly clearing away, to give proper space.†
Chpt 2.7-8 (definition 2)
- —'Oh,' said he, 'wait half a minute, till I have finished my job;'—For, would you believe it, Miss Woodhouse, there he is, in the most obliging manner in the world, fastening in the rivet of my mother's spectacles.†
Chpt 2.9-10 (definition 2)
- "This is a pleasure," said he, in rather a low voice, "coming at least ten minutes earlier than I had calculated.†
Chpt 2.9-10 (definition 2)
- "Well," said he, in a deliberating manner, "for five minutes, perhaps."†
Chpt 2.9-10 (definition 2)
- I could not stay two minutes.†
Chpt 2.9-10 (definition 2) *
- Her approbation, at once general and minute, warm and incessant, could not but please; and for another half-hour they were all walking to and fro, between the different rooms, some suggesting, some attending, and all in happy enjoyment of the future.†
Chpt 2.11-12 (definition 2)
- He sat really lost in thought for the first few minutes; and when rousing himself, it was only to say, "Of all horrid things, leave-taking is the worst."†
Chpt 2.11-12 (definition 2)
- Not five minutes to spare even for your friends Miss Fairfax and Miss Bates?†
Chpt 2.11-12 (definition 2)
- I went in for three minutes, and was detained by Miss Bates's being absent.†
Chpt 2.11-12 (definition 2)
- A very few minutes more, however, completed the present trial.†
Chpt 2.11-12 (definition 2)
- Both felt rather anxious to hear him speak again; and after a few minutes silence, he said, "Another thing must be taken into consideration too—Mrs. Elton does not talk to Miss Fairfax as she speaks of her.†
Chpt 2.15-16 (definition 2)
- After Emma had talked about it for ten minutes, Mr. Woodhouse felt no unwillingness, and only made the usual stipulation of not sitting at the bottom of the table himself, with the usual regular difficulty of deciding who should do it for him.†
Chpt 2.15-16 (definition 2)
- They all walked about together, to see that every thing was as it should be; and within a few minutes were joined by the contents of another carriage, which Emma could not hear the sound of at first, without great surprize.†
Chpt 3.1-2 (definition 2)
- In a few minutes the carriage returned.†
Chpt 3.1-2 (definition 2)
- Her gestures and movements might be understood by any one who looked on like Emma; but her words, every body's words, were soon lost under the incessant flow of Miss Bates, who came in talking, and had not finished her speech under many minutes after her being admitted into the circle at the fire.†
Chpt 3.1-2 (definition 2)
- The impertinence of the Eltons, which for a few minutes had threatened to ruin the rest of her evening, had been the occasion of some of its highest satisfactions; and she looked forward to another happy result—the cure of Harriet's infatuation.†
Chpt 3.3-4 (definition 2)
- A few minutes made Emma acquainted with the whole.†
Chpt 3.3-4 (definition 2)
- The pleasantness of the morning had induced him to walk forward, and leave his horses to meet him by another road, a mile or two beyond Highbury—and happening to have borrowed a pair of scissors the night before of Miss Bates, and to have forgotten to restore them, he had been obliged to stop at her door, and go in for a few minutes: he was therefore later than he had intended; and being on foot, was unseen by the whole party till almost close to them.†
Chpt 3.3-4 (definition 2)
- — He dared not stay longer than to see her well; these several delays left him not another minute to lose; and Emma engaging to give assurance of her safety to Mrs. Goddard, and notice of there being such a set of people in the neighbourhood to Mr. Knightley, he set off, with all the grateful blessings that she could utter for her friend and herself.†
Chpt 3.3-4 (definition 2)
- In the few minutes' conversation which she had yet had with him, while Harriet had been partially insensible, he had spoken of her terror, her naivete, her fervour as she seized and clung to his arm, with a sensibility amused and delighted; and just at last, after Harriet's own account had been given, he had expressed his indignation at the abominable folly of Miss Bickerton in the warmest terms.†
Chpt 3.3-4 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (minute as in: minute description) detailed (including even small considerations); and/or careful (done with care)
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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.