All 50 Uses of

minute
in
The Brothers Karamazov

"No, but I saw Smerdyakov," and Alyosha rapidly, though minutely, described his meeting with Smerdyakov.
Chpt 5

minutely = with careful attention to detail

But before three o'clock in the afternoon that something took place to which I alluded at the end of the last book, something so unexpected by all of us and so contrary to the general hope, that, I repeat, this trivial incident has been minutely remembered to this day in our town and all the surrounding neighborhood.
Chpt 7

Samsonov questioned the lad minutely: What he looked like?
Chpt 8

This Korneplodov, after questioning him minutely, and inspecting the documents he was able to bring...
Chpt 8 *

Here he began, without being particularly urged, to give a minute account of the agonies of jealousy he endured on Grushenka's account.
Chpt 9

minute = detailed

Minutely and diffusely Mitya told them everything about the signals invented by Fyodor Pavlovitch for Smerdyakov.
Chpt 9

minutely = with careful attention to detail

The captain, as a military man, undertook to load it, putting in a minute quantity of powder.
Chpt 10 *

minute = small

But he described minutely Mitya's exploits in the "Metropolis," all his compromising doings and sayings, and told the story of Captain Snegiryov's "wisp of tow."
Chpt 12

minutely = with careful attention to detail

Fetyukovitch went on making the most of every opportunity, and amazed people more and more by his minute knowledge of the case.
Chpt 12

minute = detailed

Here Ippolit Kirillovitch drew a minute picture of Mitya's preparations, the scene at Perhotin's, at the shop, with the drivers.
Chpt 12

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And Alyosha remembered his mother's face at that minute.†
Chpt 1

He only listened to Grigory's minute and solemn account of the erection of the tomb; he stood with bowed head and walked away without uttering a word.†
Chpt 1

Now, gentlemen, if you will wait a minute I will announce you.†
Chpt 2

I am always punctual myself, minute for minute, remembering that punctuality is the courtesy of kings....†
Chpt 2

I am always punctual myself, minute for minute, remembering that punctuality is the courtesy of kings....†
Chpt 2

The minute I see my joke isn't coming off, your reverence, both my cheeks feel as though they were drawn down to the lower jaw and there is almost a spasm in them.†
Chpt 2

"Excuse me, gentlemen, for leaving you a few minutes," he said, addressing all his guests.†
Chpt 2

You are the principal person left now—for ten minutes.†
Chpt 2

But there is a grief that breaks out, and from that minute it bursts into tears and finds vent in wailing.†
Chpt 2

And if only I could look upon him one little time, if only I could peep at him one little time, without going up to him, without speaking, if I could be hidden in a corner and only see him for one little minute, hear him playing in the yard, calling in his little voice, 'Mammy, where are you?'†
Chpt 2

This morning she insisted on my letting her stand up, and she stood up for a whole minute without any support.†
Chpt 2

Watch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every hour, every minute.†
Chpt 2

After a few minutes, drawn by the same irresistible force, he turned again to see whether he was being looked at or not, and found Lise almost hanging out of her chair to peep sideways at him, eagerly waiting for him to look.†
Chpt 2

The elder's absence from his cell had lasted for about twenty-five minutes.†
Chpt 2

Dmitri's entrance had taken no more than two minutes, and the conversation was resumed.†
Chpt 2

But as he has just this minute insulted not only me, but an honorable young lady, for whom I feel such reverence that I dare not take her name in vain, I have made up my mind to show up his game, though he is my father....†
Chpt 2

"But wait, wait a minute," Alyosha broke in uneasily.†
Chpt 2

After a pause of two minutes, looking askance at his son, "Why, it was you got up all this monastery business.†
Chpt 2

Fyodor Pavlovitch was silent again for two minutes.†
Chpt 2

Fyodor Pavlovitch waited another two minutes.†
Chpt 2

Standing still for a minute, he reached a final decision.†
Chpt 3

I'm talking sense, and I'll come to the point in a minute.†
Chpt 3

He raised his head, thought a minute, and began with enthusiasm: "Wild and fearful in his cavern Hid the naked troglodyte, And the homeless nomad wandered Laying waste the fertile plain.†
Chpt 3

He laughed, but a minute later his eyes gleamed, he flushed crimson and struck the table violently with his fist.†
Chpt 3

Yet he used sometimes to stop suddenly in the house, or even in the yard or street, and would stand still for ten minutes, lost in thought.†
Chpt 3

"Stay, Smerdyakov, be quiet a minute," cried Fyodor Pavlovitch once more.†
Chpt 3

I paid no attention to her at all, but all at once, when the minute came, I'd be all devotion to her, crawl on my knees, kiss her feet, and I always, always—I remember it as though it were to-day—reduced her to that tinkling, quiet, nervous, queer little laugh.†
Chpt 3

But she held it for two or three minutes near her lips, as though reconsidering something.†
Chpt 3

Here I have a willow, a handkerchief, a shirt, I can twist them into a rope in a minute, and braces besides, and why go on burdening the earth, dishonoring it with my vile presence?†
Chpt 3

He was ten minutes telling his story.†
Chpt 3

You know me now, a scoundrel, an avowed scoundrel, but let me tell you that I've never done anything before and never shall again, anything that can compare in baseness with the dishonor which I bear now at this very minute on my breast, here, here, which will come to pass, though I'm perfectly free to stop it.†
Chpt 3

He waked up for five minutes, sent his blessing to the brothers, and begged their prayers for him at night.†
Chpt 3

But a minute later he laughed again just as softly and happily.†
Chpt 3

And I'll marry Grushenka in a minute if I want to.†
Chpt 4

Then he went into his bedroom, lay down on the bed, exhausted, and in one minute he was asleep.†
Chpt 4

Three or four ceased throwing for a minute.†
Chpt 4

He will stab you in a minute, on the sly, as he did Krassotkin.†
Chpt 4

He was a full minute bandaging it.†
Chpt 4

Every minute I close my eyes and see that it's all nonsense, all nonsense.†
Chpt 4

I'll bring everything in a minute, Lise, only don't scream and don't fuss.†
Chpt 4

Definitions:

(1) (minute as in: minute size)
small, exceptionally small, or insignificant
(2) (minute as in: minute description)
detailed (including even small considerations); and/or careful (done with care)
(3) (minutes as in: keep the minutes)
a written record of what happened at a meeting
(4) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus)
meaning too common or too 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.

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