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Definition of Thoroughly

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

2. Adverb. Completely and absolutely ('good' is sometimes used informally for 'thoroughly'). "We beat him good"

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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