'In detail' definitions:
Definition of 'in detail'
From: WordNet
adverb
Thoroughly (including all important particulars); "he studied the snake in detail"
Definition of 'In detail'
From: GCIDE
- Detail \De"tail\ (d[=e]"t[=a]l or d[-e]*t[=a]l"; 277), n. [F. d['e]tail, fr. d['e]tailler to cut in pieces, tell in detail; pref. d['e]- (L. de or dis-) + tailler to cut. See Tailor.]
- 1. A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction. [1913 Webster]
- The details of the campaign in Italy. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mil.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Arch. & Mach.) (a) A minor part, as, in a building, the cornice, caps of the buttresses, capitals of the columns, etc., or (called larger details) a porch, a gable with its windows, a pavilion, or an attached tower. (b) A detail drawing.
- Detail drawing, a drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc.
- In detail, in subdivisions; part by part; item by item; circumstantially; with particularity.
- Syn: Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation; narration. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'in detail'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accurately,
- at large,
- at length,
- bit by bit,
- by degrees,
- by inches,
- by inchmeal,
- by snatches,
- completely,
- concretely,
- conscientiously,
- definitely,
- distinctly,
- drop by drop,
- especially,
- exactingly,
- exactly,
- expressly,
- exquisitely,
- foot by foot,
- fully,
- fussily,
- in driblets,
- in extenso,
- in full,
- in installments,
- in lots,
- in particular,
- in small doses,
- in snatches,
- in toto,
- inch by inch,
- inchmeal,
- item by item,
- little by little,
- meticulously,
- minutely,
- nicely,
- part by part,
- particularly,
- piece by piece,
- piecemeal,
- precisely,
- punctiliously,
- punctually,
- refinedly,
- rigorously,
- scrupulously,
- separately,
- singly,
- specially,
- specifically,
- strictly,
- to be specific,
- wholly,
- with exactitude,
- with great nicety,
- with precision