Thoroughly

//ˈθʌɹ.ə.li// adv

adv ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a thorough or complete manner.

    "He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an exhaustive manner wordnet
  2. 2
    completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’) wordnet

Synonyms

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exhaustivelyaboriginallyabsolutelyaltogetherassiduouslybackwards and forwards

Example

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"You had better study English thoroughly."

Etymology

From thorough + -ly.

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