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Definition of In detail
1. Adverb. Thoroughly (including all important particulars). "He studied the snake in detail"
Definition of In detail
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) Thoroughly; including every detail; with all particulars. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Detail
Literary usage of In detail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... been extensively imitated; a refined variety of free classic, always quiet
and delicate in detail, though perhaps rather wanting in architectonic force. ..."
2. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1914)
"... but it would be an interminable task, omitting nothing, to portray in detail
the several states and all their customs." " That is rightly spoken. ..."
3. The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology by Thomas Paine (1896)
"CHAPTER V. EXAMINATION in detail OF THE PRECEDING BASES. PUTTING aside everything
that might excite laughter by its absurdity, or detestation by its ..."
4. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"... two different things, but follows a mode of narration familiar to the Hebrews,
who first propose a subject generally, and then unfold it more in detail. ..."
5. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"... which need not here be specified in detail, especially since part-books are
frequently missing, also two volumes of German songs a 3-5. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Around this tenuous plot is arranged a whole gallery of word-paintings, brilliantly
colored and elaborated in detail. The work is suffused with tints of ..."
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