Meaning

1 senses
  1. With great attention to detail; complete, thorough.

    He did a thoroughgoing job of cleaning up the broken glass.

    gründlich

    доскона́льныйdoskonálʹnyj, скрупулёзныйskrupuljóznyj, тща́тельныйtščátelʹnyj

More definitions
  • performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial
  • without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
with great attention to detail — see also complete, thorough:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
with great attention to detail — see also complete, thorough:

Origin

From thorough + going (adjective).

From thorough + going (adjective).

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Forms

more thoroughgoing, most thoroughgoing

Synonyms

51 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

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