thoroughly
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English
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[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]- (Received Pronunciation , General American ) IPA (key): /ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/
- (US , hurry–furry merger ) IPA (key): /ˈθɜɹ.ə.li/
Adverb
[edit ]thoroughly (comparative more thoroughly, superlative most thoroughly)
- 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.
- 2021 July 1, Gregory McNamee, "Does spinach make you strong? Ask Popeye – and science", in CNN [1] , archived from the original on 11 June 2025:
- Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.
Synonyms
[edit ]- but good , in spades ; see also Thesaurus:completely
Translations
[edit ]in a thorough or complete manner — see also meticulously, minutiously, in-depth, completely, conscientiously, in extenso
- Bulgarian: напълно (bg) (napălno), съвсем (bg) (săvsem)
- Catalan: completament (ca) , exhaustivament
- Czech: důkladně (cs)
- Dutch: grondig (nl) , volledig (nl) , door en door (nl)
- Esperanto: komplete
- Finnish: perusteellisesti (fi) , kauttaaltaan (fi) , läpikotaisin (fi)
- French: absolument (fr) , complètement (fr)
- Galician: completamente (gl) , a fondo
- German: gründlich (de) , vollkommen (de) , total (de) , durch und durch (de)
- Hungarian: alaposan (hu) , tüzetesen
- Ido: komplete (io)
- Italian: completamente (it) , totalmente (it) , assolutamente (it)
- Norwegian:
- Old English: deoplice
- Plautdietsch: dichtich
- Polish: doszczętnie (pl) , gruntownie (pl)
- Portuguese: a fundo , completamente (pt)
- Russian: тща́тельно (ru) (tščátelʹno), основа́тельно (ru) (osnovátelʹno), доскона́льно (ru) (doskonálʹno), по́лностью (ru) (pólnostʹju), вполне́ (ru) (vpolné), соверше́нно (ru) (soveršénno), совсе́м (ru) (sovsém)
- Spanish: cabalmente (es) , a cabalidad , detenidamente , a rajatabla (es) , al cabal
- Turkish: enine boyuna (tr)
- Ukrainian: цілкови́то (uk) (cilkovýto), пи́льно (pýlʹno), рете́льно (retélʹno), стара́нно (staránno)
- Uzbek: yaxshilab (uz)