Meaning

1 senses
  1. In a thorough or complete manner.

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

    The editor looked thoroughly for any mistakes in the paper.

    gründlich, vollkommen, total

    тща́тельноtščátelʹno, основа́тельноosnovátelʹno, доскона́льноdoskonálʹno

    цілкови́тоcilkovýto, пи́льноpýlʹno, рете́льноretélʹno

    in an exhaustive manner

Examples

165 sentences
  1. Tom was thoroughly depressed.

    Том був у глибокій депресії.

    ruТом был глубоко подавлен.

    deTom war völlig deprimiert.

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  2. We thoroughly enjoyed the delicious meal.

    ruМы были в полном восторге от вкуснейшего блюда.

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  3. The police thoroughly searched the house.

    ruПолиция тщательно обыскала дом.

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  4. I thoroughly enjoyed myself in Boston.

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  5. We were thoroughly satisfied with his work.

    ruМы остались полностью удовлетворены его работой.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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in a thorough or complete manner:
Deutsch
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in a thorough or complete manner:

Origin

From thorough + -ly.

From thorough + -ly.

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Forms

more thoroughly, most thoroughly
Comparativemore thoroughly Lesson
Superlativemost thoroughly

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • in an exhaustive manner:exhaustively
  • completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’):soundlygood

Word family

1 related words
Relatedthorough

See also

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