hair-splittingly in English

Audio: en-au-hair-splittingly.ogg

[Australia] Forms: more hair-splittingly [comparative], most hair-splittingly [superlative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From the gerund form of split hairs. Etymology templates: {{m|en|split hairs}} split hairs Head templates: {{en-adv}} hair-splittingly (comparative more hair-splittingly, superlative most hair-splittingly)

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"hair-splittingly" meaning in English

Adverb