thoroughly
In a thorough or complete mannerIn a thorough or complete manner.
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Meaning
1 sensesIn 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 sentencesTom was thoroughly depressed.
Том був у глибокій депресії. — deniko
ruТом был глубоко подавлен. — odexed
deTom war völlig deprimiert. — mayabe
We thoroughly enjoyed the delicious meal.
ruМы были в полном восторге от вкуснейшего блюда. — kukla
The police thoroughly searched the house.
ruПолиция тщательно обыскала дом. — odexed
I thoroughly enjoyed myself in Boston.
We were thoroughly satisfied with his work.
ruМы остались полностью удовлетворены его работой. — Nattiko
Translations
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By meaning 1
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Origin
From thorough + -ly.From thorough + -ly.
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Forms
more thoroughly, most thoroughly| Comparative | more thoroughly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most thoroughly |
regular
Synonyms
5 synonyms- in an exhaustive manner:exhaustively
- completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’):soundlygood
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.