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Microscopically

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mi·cro·scop·ic  (mkr-skpk) also mi·cro·scop·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
1.
a. Too small to be seen by the unaided eye but large enough to be studied under a microscope.
b. Of, relating to, or concerned with a microscope.
2. Exceedingly small; minute: "The activities of men . . . were reduced to a microscopic scale" John Hersey.
3. Characterized by or done with extreme attention to detail: a microscopic investigation.
micro·scopi·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.microscopically - by using a microscope; so as to be visible only with a microscope; as seen with a microscope; "the blood was examined microscopically"; "the seeds were microscopically small"
2.microscopically - as if by using a microscope; with extreme precision and attention to detail; in minute detail; "every manuscript was edited microscopically"


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