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thoroughly

[thur-uh-lee, thuhr‐] / ˈθɜr ə li, ˈθʌr‐ /
ADVERB
exhaustively
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 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
ADVERB
utterly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absolutely completely entirely fully perfectly quite totally wholly
WEAK
altogether downright plumb to the full well without reservation
Antonyms
STRONGEST
incompletely partially partly
WEAK
deficiently inadequately inexhaustively superficially

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Parents in a seaside town have been urged to ensure children wash their hands thoroughly, particularly after using the bathroom, following a hepatitis A outbreak.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

They, along with the rest of the crowd at the Crucible, would have left thoroughly entertained.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

According to other attendees, including Times journalists, event staff were checking tickets, though not very thoroughly, at multiple points prior to escalators that descended to the metal detectors where Allen allegedly dashed past armed security.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

A thoroughly uninflected, completely random space is not natural; after all, even an amoeba has a nucleus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It was the same expression she wore when she had thoroughly trounced me in checkers.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

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