adverb
minimē
minimē (superlative)
Classical[ˈmɪ.nɪ.meː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmiː.ni.me]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- superlativesuperlative degree of parum; least of all; very little
- superlativenot at all, not in the least, by no means; no (opposite of "yes")
- superlativeminimally
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
not at all
minimē — in Seneca, ch. XX
mĭnĭmē, adv., v. parvus
I. fin., under minimus.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
minimē or minumē adv. sup. (for pos. and comp. see parum, minus)
minimus, least of all, in the smallest degree, least, very little : quom minime vellem minimeque opus fuit, T.: quod minime miserum putabis: saepe, very rarely , Cs.: quam minime dedecore, with the least disgrace possible : ad te minime omnium pertinebat.— By no means, not at all, not in the least, certainly not : resistens ad calamitates perferendas, Cs.: M . An tu haec non credis? A . Minime vero: Continuo sanus? minime, H.: minime multi (i. e. quam paucissimi), T.: minume irasci decet, S.: Quod minime reris, V.: Minume gentium, by no means in the world .
Origins
From minimus + -ē.