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Definitions for thoroughgoing
ˈθɜr əˌgoʊ ɪŋ, ˈθʌr-thor·ough·go·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoingadjective

    performed comprehensively and completely

    "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research"

  2. arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulteratedadjective

    without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

    "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

Wiktionary

  1. thoroughgoingadjective

    Complete; thorough; full; with great attention to detail.

  2. Etymology: From. Compare thoroughgo.

ChatGPT

  1. thoroughgoing

    Thoroughgoing refers to complete and thorough in action, character, or extent. It implies being comprehensive, all-inclusive or fully extended, often in reference to an investigation, examination, or task. It can also be used to describe someone as being unreserved or wholehearted in their beliefs, efforts, attitudes, etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Thoroughgoingadjective

    going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete

  2. Thoroughgoingadjective

    going all lengths; extreme; thoroughplaced; -- less common in this sense

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thoroughgoing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thoroughgoing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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  • ingrijpendDutch
  • доскональный, скрупулёзный, тщательныйRussian

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