Definitions

to the core

ADJECTIVE

dyed-in-the-wool

Synonyms

WEAK

absolute complete confirmed congenital deep-down deep-dyed deep-rooted deep-seated deeply ingrained die-hard entrenched fixed full-fledged genuine hardened infixed ingrained instilled long-standing out and out thorough thoroughgoing through-and-through true unchangeable uncompromising utter well-established

ADVERB

utterly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolutely altogether completely entirely extremely fully perfectly quite thoroughly totally wholly

WEAK

all all in all exactly hook, line, and sinker in toto just plumb purely to the nth degree well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inadequately incompletely partially partly

WEAK

uncertain

Example Sentences

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“Software has become extremely important over the last 25 years — it’s become much more important to the core operations of most businesses,” Shaposhnik said.

From MarketWatch

Wilders, who shook Europe's political scene to the core with a shock election win in November 2023, has seen his fortunes plummet in recent weeks.

From Barron's

She said survivors had been "shaken to the core" by recent deadly attacks on Jewish people at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar, and at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia.

From BBC

Closest to the core is hot, ionized gas, followed by cooler regions rich in molecular hydrogen.

From Science Daily

Call it the goodwill that comes from creating a catalog of solid and critically acclaimed albums, or a testament to the core trio of Johnson, Ebert and Knobbe still being together after all these years.

From Los Angeles Times

to the core

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