mĭnūtātim, adv. [minutus],
piecemeal, in little bits; piece by piece, little by little; gradually, by degrees; singly, one by one (class.): nasturtium consectum minutatim, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 6: cribrare terram, to sift small , Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 76: interrogare, i. e. in little questions, by bits, always adding something , Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 29, 92: aliquid addere, id. ib. 2, 16, 49: assuefaciant, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2: discere, Lucr. 5, 1384: se recipere, Auct. B. Afr. 31: cedere, id. ib. 78: singulos convenire, one by one , Dig. 2, 15, 8, § 9.