## Etymology
From exhaustive + -ly, from exhaust, from Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurire ('to draw out, empty'), from ex- ('out') + haurire ('to draw').

## AI Etymology
Exhaustively comes from exhaustive + -ly, from exhaust, from Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurire ('to draw out, empty'), from ex- ('out') + haurire ('to draw'). Morphologically, the account is both compositional and suffixal: ex- and -ly marks the visible structure by which the older base becomes the modern form. In present use, it is used as an adverb meaning "in a thorough and complete manner, leaving nothing out", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as exhaustive, exhaust, and exhaustion, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin exhaurire and Latin haurire, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance.

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