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[ adverb ] in an exhaustive manner
Synonyms Examples "we searched the files thoroughly" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)If the artist would study his work more thoroughly and move certain units in his design , often only slightly , finer pictures would result . After selecting a sheet and inspecting it for flaws ( even the best sometimes has foreign ' nubbins ' on its surface ) , I sponge it thoroughly on both sides with clean , cold water . (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)It would not be easy to discover a more thoroughly Southern pedigree than that of his family . (1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)A prototype which fulfills the requirements was developed and thoroughly tested . (H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)To do so , he finds it necessary to examine the relevant parts of the phonology thoroughly and in_detail . |
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[ adverb ] in a complete and thorough manner
Examples "he was soundly defeated" (`good' is used informally for `thoroughly' as in "we beat him good") Used in print (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)The importance of particle size in such aerosols has been thoroughly demonstrated . (Francis Pollini, Night....)Thoroughly Wised_Up . Related terms |
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