thoroughly

B2
US /ˈθɜɹ.ə.li/ UK /ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/
adv Freq #7077

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in an exhaustive manner

    we searched the files thoroughly

  2. 2
    adv

    In a thorough or complete manner.

    He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.

  3. 3
    adv

    completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')

Etymology

From thorough + -ly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in an exhaustive manner exhaustively
2 adv · in a thorough or complete... but goodcompletelyin spades
3 adv · completely and absolutely... goodsoundly

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