Definition of Thoroughly

1. Adverb. In an exhaustive manner. "We searched the files thoroughly"

Exact synonyms: Exhaustively
Partainyms: Thorough

2. Adverb. Completely and absolutely ('good' is sometimes used informally for 'thoroughly'). "We beat him good"
Exact synonyms: Good, Soundly
Language type: Colloquialism
Partainyms: Sound, Thorough

Definition of Thoroughly

1. adv. In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.

Definition of Thoroughly

1. Adverb. In a thorough or complete manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thoroughly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoroughly

thoroughbrace
thoroughbraces
thoroughbred
thoroughbred race
thoroughbred racing
thoroughbreds
thorougher
thoroughest
thoroughfare
thoroughfares
thoroughgo
thoroughgoing
thoroughgoing(a)
thoroughly (current term)
thoroughness
thoroughnesses
thoroughpaced
thoroughpin
thoroughpins
thoroughs
thoroughstitch
thoroughwax
thoroughwort
thoroughworts
thorow
thorowly
thorp
thorpes

Literary usage of Thoroughly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen, Reginald Brimley Johnson (1892)
"Henry's address, short as it had been, had more thoroughly opened her eyes to the extravagance of her late fancies than all their several disappointments ..."

2. A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (1880)
"... likes and thoroughly appreciates; and as it cannot last for ever, he makes the most of it while it does last, and so lays up a good rest against the day ..."

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