thoroughgoing

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thoroughgoing

/ˈθʌɹəˌɡəʊɪŋ/ UK
/ˈθʌɹəˌɡoʊɪŋ/ US
/-ɹoʊ/ US

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From thorough + going (adjective).

adjective more thoroughgoing · most thoroughgoing · thorough-going

With great attention to detail; complete, thorough. He did a thoroughgoing job of cleaning up the broken glass.
Similar: abject, frightful, absolute, prize, clean, arrant, categoric, categorical, complete, consummate, decided, downright

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adj with great attention to detail — see also complete, thorough

Español	pormenorizado
한국어	철저하다 cheoljeohada
中文	徹底 /彻底 chèdǐ, 澈底 chèdǐ, 彻底 chèdǐ, 徹頭徹尾 /彻头彻尾 chètóuchèwěi, 築底 /筑底 zhùdǐ, zhúdǐ
Français	à tous crins
Deutsch	gründlich
Русский	доскона́льный doskonálʹnyj, скрупулёзный skrupuljóznyj, тща́тельный tščátelʹnyj

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@misc{thoroughgoing_2026,
  title = {thoroughgoing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thoroughgoing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}