All 50 Uses of
minute
in
The ABC Murders
- The Barnards Elizabeth Barnard's parents lived in a minute bungalow, one of fifty or so recently run up by a speculative builder on the confines of the town.
Chpt 10 (definition 1) *minute = small
- Hotels, people who kept lodgings, boarding-houses-all those within a wide radius of the crimes were questioned minutely.
Chpt 17 (definition 2)minutely = with careful attention to detail
- He then went to the hotel at which Cust had put up and extracted a minute description of that gentleman's departure.
Chpt 32 (definition 2) *minute = detailed
- He has no need to go into them minutely-his experience obviates that-the net result is the definite impression that something is wrong.
Chpt 34 (definition 2)minutely = with careful attention to detail
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- He listened for a minute or two and then I saw his face change.†
Chpt 3 (definition 3)
- And a second man went in and found the shop empty, as he thought, at five minutes past six.†
Chpt 4 (definition 3)
- He was silent for a minute or two-a frown creasing his forehead.†
Chpt 4 (definition 3)
- He did not explain further, and a few minutes later we were driving on the London road in the direction of Overton.†
Chpt 5 (definition 3)
- Then perhaps I can talk to you for a few minutes if your mistress will not object.†
Chpt 5 (definition 3)
- He paused for a minute or two.†
Chpt 5 (definition 3)
- When we were once more in the street, he hesitated for a minute or two, then crossed the road.†
Chpt 6 (definition 3)
- After waiting a minute or two I followed him in.†
Chpt 6 (definition 3)
- I looked at my watch and found I was a minute slow.†
Chpt 7 (definition 3)
- That's right-a minute or two after, as a matter of fact.†
Chpt 7 (definition 3)
- I was silent for a few minutes, then I said: "What do we do next?"†
Chpt 8 (definition 3)
- For a minute I looked at him uncomprehendingly.†
Chpt 8 (definition 3)
- Twenty minutes later we were in a fast police car crossing the Thames on our way out of London.†
Chpt 9 (definition 3)
- If he says the 25th, it is the 25th-though it may have been only by a few minutes.†
Chpt 9 (definition 3)
- I stopped for a minute to retie my shoelace, and as I did so, a taxi drew up outside and a girl jumped out of it.†
Chpt 10 (definition 3)
- Do you know what I should like this minute?†
Chpt 10 (definition 3)
- Megan Barnard looked at him for a few minutes in silence whilst she smoked.†
Chpt 10 (definition 3)
- The girl hesitated for a minute or two.†
Chpt 11 (definition 3)
- "I didn't think he'd actually done it-not for a minute!†
Chpt 11 (definition 3)
- He was silent for a minute or two, then he said: "Do you know if your sister met this married man, or any other man, lately?"†
Chpt 11 (definition 3)
- There was silence for a minute or two, then Fraser said: "The police?†
Chpt 12 (definition 3)
- His glance for a minute turned to Megan.†
Chpt 12 (definition 3)
- Poirot did not speak for a minute.†
Chpt 13 (definition 3)
- A minute or two later we were speaking to Crome over the wire.†
Chpt 14 (definition 3)
- Twenty minutes past ten?†
Chpt 14 (definition 3) *
- An hour and forty minutes to go.†
Chpt 14 (definition 3)
- A few minutes later he came into the bedroom and demanded: "Mais qu'est-ce que vous faites la?†
Chpt 14 (definition 3)
- One of my men is on the phone here up to the last minute in case anything comes through.†
Chpt 14 (definition 3)
- A minute or two later a big fair-haired man with a sunburnt face entered the room.†
Chpt 15 (definition 3)
- He was silent for a minute or two.†
Chpt 15 (definition 3)
- -say he may be arrested any minute now ….†
Chpt 16 (definition 3)
- And therefore not to be arrived at in a minute.†
Chpt 17 (definition 3)
- "All the same," said Poirot after a minute or two, "I have one project that will please you-since it is active and not passive.†
Chpt 17 (definition 3)
- Mary thought a minute.†
Chpt 18 (definition 3)
- He got up and a few minutes later the meeting had dispersed.†
Chpt 18 (definition 3)
- Reflect a little minute.†
Chpt 19 (definition 3)
- She took a seat and hesitated for just a minute as though choosing her words.†
Chpt 19 (definition 3)
- I was so sure I should be the first to go …… " She mused a minute or two.†
Chpt 20 (definition 3)
- I thought for some minutes longer.†
Chpt 20 (definition 3)
- What Poirot answered I do not know, for at that minute I heard the postman's knock and automatically I left the room.†
Chpt 20 (definition 3)
- We were all silent for a minute or two, taking in the situation.†
Chpt 21 (definition 3)
- A minute later Thora Grey entered.†
Chpt 21 (definition 3)
- Suddenly he got up, paced to and fro for a minute, then sank in a chair by the window.†
Chpt 22 (definition 3)
- No. I'm going to"-he hesitated for a minute or two-"Cheltenham-"†
Chpt 22 (definition 3)
- A minute later he was pouring out water from the old-fashioned jug into the basin.†
Chpt 25 (definition 3)
- Did you notice a man leaving the two and fourpennies about five minutes earlier?†
Chpt 26 (definition 3)
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) (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.