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thoroughly Definition


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thorough
adj
    1. Said of a person: extremely careful and attending to every detail.
    2. Said of a task, etc: carried out with great care and great attention to detail.
      Thesaurus: comprehensive, exhaustive, inclusive, intensive, entire, painstaking, meticulous, sweeping, total, all-embracing; Antonym: partial, haphazard, careless.
    3. Complete; absolute.
      Example: a thorough waste of time
      Thesaurus: absolute, total, utter.
Derivative: thoroughly
adverb
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon thurh; compare through.



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