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thoroughly - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'thoroughly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Thoroughly [ adv.]
- In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.

Meaning of 'thoroughly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . thoroughly [ r]
Meaning (1):
- completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
Example in sentence:
  • he was soundly defeated;
  • we beat him good
Meaning (2):
- in an exhaustive manner
Example in sentence:
  • we searched the files thoroughly

Nearby Words:

tho thole tholed tholing thomaean thomaism thomean thomism thomist thomite

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