thoroughly

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thoroughly

  • /ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/ US, UK
  • /ˈθɜɹ.ə.li/

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From thorough + -ly.

adverb more thoroughly · most thoroughly · thorowly

  1. In a thorough or complete manner. He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.

    Similar: but good, in spades

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: soundly, exhaustively, good, totally, completely, wholly, utterly, entirely, in-depth, fully, outright, altogether, roundly, substantially, comprehensively, meticulously

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adv in a thorough or complete manner

Españolcabalmente, a cabalidad, detenidamente, a rajatabla, al cabal
Portuguêsa fundo, completamente
Françaisabsolument, complètement
Deutschgründlich, vollkommen, total, durch und durch
Italianocompletamente, totalmente, assolutamente
Русскийтща́тельно tščátelʹno, основа́тельно osnovátelʹno, доскона́льно doskonálʹno, по́лностью pólnostʹju, вполне́ vpolné, соверше́нно soveršénno

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@misc{thoroughly_2026,
  title = {thoroughly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thoroughly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}