Exhaustively

//ɛɡˈzɑ.stɪv.li// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an exhaustive manner.

    "While dictionaries might aspire to be exhaustively comprehensive, or even completist, it is doubtful whether any dictionary ever truly attempts to cover the entirety of the flora and fauna of a living language due to the overwhelming number of entries this would necessitate."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an exhaustive manner wordnet

Synonyms

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absolutelyall ends upaltogetheraltogethercategoricallycompletely

Antonyms

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partly

Example

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"This is an exhaustively long list!"

Etymology

* exhaustive + -ly.

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