What does THOROUGHLY mean?
Definitions for THOROUGHLY
thor·ough·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
thoroughly, exhaustivelyadverb
in an exhaustive manner
"we searched the files thoroughly"
thoroughly, soundly, goodadverb
completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
"he was soundly defeated"; "we beat him good"
Wiktionary
thoroughlyadverb
In a thorough or complete manner.
He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Thoroughlyadverb
Completely; fully.
Etymology: from thorough.
Look into this business thoroughly. William Shakespeare.
We can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
One would think that every member of the community, who embraces with vehemence the principles of either party, had thoroughly sifted and examined them. Addison.
They had forgotten their solemn vows as thoroughly as if they had never made them. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.
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thoroughly
Thoroughly refers to performing a task or action in detail or completely, without leaving anything out. It involves a comprehensive, in-depth, or careful way of doing something to ensure that every aspect or part of it is done or dealt with appropriately.
Webster Dictionary
Thoroughlyadverb
in a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'THOROUGHLY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4385
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'THOROUGHLY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4211
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'THOROUGHLY' in Adverbs Frequency: #284
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of THOROUGHLY in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of THOROUGHLY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of THOROUGHLY in a Sentence
I think it's always better to have the advice and consent of the Senate and have people that have been thoroughly vetted and confirmed.
China is willing to strengthen communication and cooperation in the fishing industry with related countries in order to uphold the normal order of the fishing industry, china hopes that the South Korean side will execute the law in a civilized and rational way, and thoroughly protect the legal rights of Chinese fishermen, avoiding incidents that endanger personal safety.
I had a blast, obviously it seemed like I was part of every situation that was happening out there but other than that I thoroughly enjoyed it.
We take any allegation of voter fraud very seriously because it affects our very democracy, anyone who has information regarding any attempt to commit the crime of voter fraud should report it to the Broward Supervisor of Elections and the Broward State Attorney's Office so it can be thoroughly investigated.
We’ve kind of approached a natural limit with how much we can stare down at screens. The next natural place for that screen to live is thoroughly integrated into what we’re seeing so we don’t ever look down at the screen because the world has become the screen, in some sense it’s horrifying.
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Translations for THOROUGHLY
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- تماماArabic
- důkladněCzech
- gründlichGerman
- detenidamente, a fondo, cabalmente, a cabalidad, completamenteSpanish
- perusteellisestiFinnish
- complètement, absolumentFrench
- alaposan, tüzetesenHungarian
- sepenuhnyaIndonesian
- 완전히Korean
- grundigNorwegian
- grundigNorwegian Nynorsk
- a fundo, completamentePortuguese
- полностью, досконально, вполне, совершенно, совсем, тщательно, основательноRussian
- triệt đểVietnamese
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