All 19 Uses of
minute
in
The Two Towers
- But Legolas stood beside him, shading his bright elven-eyes with his long slender hand, and he saw not a shadow, nor a blur, but the small figures of horsemen, many horsemen, and the glint of morning on the tips of their spears was like the twinkle of minute stars beyond the edge of mortal sight.
Chpt 3.2 (definition 1) *minute = tiny
- For a moment it glimmered, faint as a rising star struggling in heavy earthward mists, and then as its power waxed, and hope grew in Frodo's mind, it began to burn, and kindled to a silver flame, a minute heart of dazzling light, as though Earendil had himself come down from the high sunset paths with the last Silmaril upon his brow.
Chpt 4.9 (definition 1)minute = small
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Ugluk or the Isengarders might return at any minute.†
Chpt 3.3 (definition 2)
- 'Wait a minute!' cried Gimli.†
Chpt 3.5 (definition 2)
- They pushed, pulled, tore, shook, and hammered; and clang-bang, crash-crack, in five minutes they had these huge gates just lying in ruin; and some were already beginning to eat into the walls, like rabbits in a sand-pit.†
Chpt 3.9 (definition 2)
- They were only away a matter of minutes, perhaps a quarter of an hour.†
Chpt 3.9 (definition 2)
- We had a feeling that anything might happen at any minute.†
Chpt 3.9 (definition 2)
- Treebeard looked at him in his long slow way for several minutes, till the wretched man was squirming on the floor.†
Chpt 3.9 (definition 2)
- He lay still now, but sleep remained far away; and it was not encouraged by the sound of Merry breathing softly, asleep in a few minutes after saying good night.†
Chpt 3.11 (definition 2)
- I grudge every hour, every minute.†
Chpt 4.1 (definition 2)
- We did a lot of shouting away back there; and we were talking far too loudly until a minute ago.†
Chpt 4.1 (definition 2)
- Smeagol tries to help, but he can't catch things all in a minute.'†
Chpt 4.4 (definition 2)
- He was not going to leave Frodo alone asleep even for a few minutes.†
Chpt 4.4 (definition 2)
- A few minutes back.†
Chpt 4.4 (definition 2) *
- Chapter 5 The Window on the West It seemed to Sam that he had only dozed for a few minutes when he awoke to find that it was late afternoon and Faramir had come back.†
Chpt 4.5 (definition 2)
- Every step was reluctant, and time seemed to slow its pace. so that between the raising of a foot and the setting of it down minutes of loathing passed.†
Chpt 4.8 (definition 2)
- When at last the blackness passed, Sam looked up and shadows were about him; but for how many minutes or hours the world had gone dragging on he could not tell.†
Chpt 4.10 (definition 2)
- In a minute they would reach the top and be on him.†
Chpt 4.10 (definition 2)
- In a minute he would draw it, and thenThere was a wild clamour, hooting and laughing, as something was lifted from the ground.†
Chpt 4.10 (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.