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backwards and forwards adv.
exhaustively adv.
inside out adv.
lengthwise adv.
thoroughly adv.

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

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There are many routes you can take from top to bottom, including walking down Broadway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Once Tottenham High Road empties of its revellers, the inquest from top to bottom must begin.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

I like to wipe from top to bottom — shelves first, then drawers — so anything loose gets cleared along the way.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026

In 2022, Hunt began hosting Club Renaissance, a dance party where she’d play Beyoncé’s seminal “Renaissance” album in order from top to bottom at various venues in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026

They rewrote the curriculum from top to bottom, so that it only taught Nazi-approved ideas.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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