minute
my-NOOTadjMeaning extremely small; also, very detailed
Memory hook MY NEWT is my-NOOT. Zoe’s pet newt is so tiny it fits on a fingertip; she needs a magnifying glass to see its toes. Her newt is minute.
A minute speck of dust jammed the old watch.
In context The scientist examined the leaf in minute detail, recording every tiny vein, spot and hair that most people would never notice.
Similar tiny, microscopic, teeny, wee
Opposite huge, enormous, immense
From Latin minutus, “made small,” from minuere (to lessen).