hair-splittingly

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a hair-splitting way, characterized by exceedingly small differences, fine details, or edge cases of no seeming importance. idiomatic
    — Nobody expected the vote to be so hair-splittingly close.

词形变化

more hair-splittingly comparative most hair-splittingly superlative hairsplittingly alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English hair-splitting
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English hair-splittingly
From hair-splitting + -ly.
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