thor´ough|ly

thor´ough|ly
thor|ough «THUR oh», adjective, adverb, preposition.
–adj.
1. a) being all that is needed; complete: »

Please make a thorough search for the lost money.

b) that is fully what is expressed by the noun; thoroughgoing: »

a thorough scoundrel.

2. doing all that should be done; painstaking: »

a thorough person. The doctor was very thorough in his examination of the sick child.

3. going, passing, or extending through (now only in special applications, chiefly with nouns of action or position, being a kind of elliptical use of the adverb).
–adv., prep.
Archaic. through. Also, thoro.
╂[Old English thuruh, variant of thurh through]
–thor´ough|ly, adverb.
–thor´ough|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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