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from top to bottom

ADVERB
backwards and forwards
Synonyms
WEAK
assiduously completely comprehensively from A to Z fully in and out inside out thoroughly through and through up and down whole hog
ADVERB
exhaustively
Synonyms
STRONGEST
carefully earnestly intensely meticulously
WEAK
completely comprehensively fully in and out inside out totally up and down wholly
ADVERB
inside out
Synonyms
WEAK
backwards and forwards completely entirely from A to Z thoroughly through and through
ADVERB
lengthwise
Synonyms
WEAK
along alongside endlong fore and aft from end to end from head to foot from stern to stern the long way
Antonyms
STRONGEST
horizontally
WEAK
across crosswise side to side
ADVERB
thoroughly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assiduously carefully completely comprehensively conscientiously earnestly efficiently extremely fully highly intensely intensively meticulously painstakingly scrupulously very wholly
WEAK
all exceedingly exceptionally flat out from A to Z hard hugely in and out in detail inside out notably remarkably strikingly sweepingly through and through throughout unremittingly up and down whole hog
Antonyms
STRONGEST
incompletely little partially partly
WEAK
deficiently inadequately inexhaustively superficially

Example Sentences

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As Salon’s Sophia Tesfaye laid out in detail, the department is being decimated from top to bottom.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

There is no kernel of truth here: The claims of wrongdoing are fabricated from top to bottom.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, PAC's chairman, said the issue was an "absolute disgrace, from top to bottom".

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

Kevin Warsh likes to tell a story that explains why he would remake the Federal Reserve from top to bottom if President Donald Trump chooses him to be the central bank’s next chair.

From Barron's • Oct. 8, 2025

Felix focused on the web page, reading it from top to bottom.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

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