Definitions

in detail

ADVERB

ad nauseam

Synonyms

WEAK

at length boringly endlessly lengthily long-windedly more than one can stomach repeatedly repetitively to an excessive degree to nauseating extremes to the point of queasiness too much

ADVERB

carefully

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anxiously attentively conscientiously correctly deliberately delicately discreetly faithfully fully gingerly laboriously meticulously precisely prudently rigorously scrupulously thoroughly thoughtfully warily

WEAK

circumspectly concernedly dependably exactly fastidiously guardedly heedfully honorably particularly providently punctiliously regardfully reliably solicitously trustily uprightly vigilantly watchfully with forethought with reservations

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inadequately incompletely partially uncarefully

WEAK

carelessly incautiously thoughtlessly

ADVERB

specifically

Synonyms

STRONGEST

categorically clearly correctly definitely especially exactly explicitly individually pointedly precisely respectively specially

WEAK

accurately characteristically concretely distinctively in specie indicatively minutely peculiarly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inaccurately indefinitely questionably

WEAK

broadly generally

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 from top to bottom hard hugely in and out 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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To examine these changes in detail, the researchers used advanced chromatographic methods and mass spectrometry.

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

But the deal did not address the nuclear question in detail, leaving that to be settled in the next round of talks.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

The text released on Wednesday also doesn't address Iran's missile program in detail, another issue that Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was a priority at the start of the war.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Augmenting the images is software that lets users identify and investigate targets in detail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

It arrived not as some half-formed impulse, he said, but rich in detail.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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