in detail
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.57 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Thoroughly; including every detail; with all particulars.
Example Sentences
- "I do not understand it; please explain it to me in detail."
- "When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper."
- "Darius defeated the rebels in detail."
- "Macdonald might easily have destroyed them in detail could he have fallen upon them at once; but the time he spent in reorganising his army in Tuscany, and in concerting measures with Moreau, was well employed by Suvarof in promptly concentrating his forces."