Thoroughly

Definition: Thoroughly

Thoroughly

Adverb

1. In a complete and thorough manner; "he was soundly defeated"; (`good' is used informally for `thoroughly' as in "we beat him good").

2. In an exhaustive manner; "we searched the files thoroughly".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "thoroughly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Thoroughly

Completion

Do thoroughly, not do by halves,go the whole hog; drive home; be in at the death; (persevere) a; carry through, play out, exhaust; fill the bill.

Dissertation

Verb: expound upon a subject, dissert upon a subject, descant upon a subject, write upon a subject, touch upon a subject; treat a subject, treat a subject thoroughly, treat of a subject, take up a subject, ventilate a subject, discuss a subject, deal with a subject, go into a subject, go into a subject at length, canvass a subject, handle a subject, do justice to a subject.

Crosswords: Thoroughly

And I want you to bathe him thoroughly. (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield)

His life was now Brett, a life that he thoroughly enjoyed (The Creeping Terror; writing credit: Arthur Ross; Robert Silliphant)

You are rude, crude, and thoroughly unattractive (All of Me; writing credit: Edwin Davis; Phil Alden Robinson)

Yes, very thoroughly. (Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis; writing credit: Jean Halain)

I regret trifling with married women, I'm thoroughly ashamed at cheating at cards, I deplore my occasional departures from the truth, Forgive me for taking your name in vain, my Saturday drunkenness, my Sunday Sloth (The Cowboys; writing credit: William Dale Jennings; Irving Ravetch)

Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set. (references; author: unknown)

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

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Books

• The Thoroughly Modern Married Girl: Staying Sensational After Saying I Do (reference)

• Thoroughly Fit (reference)

• Thoroughly Married (reference)

• Who Invited the Dead Man: A Thoroughly Southern Mystery [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

• Who Left That Body in the Rain: A Thoroughly Southern Mystery (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Thoroughly Modern Millie (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Thoroughly Modern Julie: The Best Of Julie Andrews (reference)

• Thoroughly Modern Millie: Original Broadway Cast Recording (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Once a week the roads are thoroughly cleaned by the local population ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by N. Gratz..

Before a decision on treatment is made, the patient is examined thoroughly. / WHO/Novosti photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Glad to see you've forgotten that 1918 hangover -- the time you got thoroughly shot!. Credit: Library of Congress.

M-4 tanks. M-4's are thoroughly tested before being shipped to the battlefront. The tank shown here, at the Aberdeen, Maryland, proving grounds carries both cannon and machine gun in the revolving turret. This is the welded hull construction. Credit: Library of Congress.

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). Now thoroughly dried, these sheets of synthetic rubber are packed in larger paper drums, each holding 200 pounds for shipment. Goodrich. Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. A machine tool assembly line where fixed bed milling machines are put together, thoroughly checked and run-off. Location: a large Midwest machine tool plant. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dance at the Mexican Independence Day celebration. The younger Mexicans are thoroughly Americanized and have retained few of the Mexican customs. Credit: Library of Congress.

Politically, intellectually, and ideologically, thoroughly criticize China's Khrushchev. Credit: Library of Congress.

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You will soon, I earnestly hope, know her thoroughly yourself

Alice was thoroughly puzzled

So powerful was its radiance, that it thoroughly illuminated the dense medium of cloud betwixt the sky and earth

He comprehended this confusedly, but thoroughly, from the first words that Javert pronounced on entering his office

In married life affection comes when people thoroughly dislike each other

Noah picked his teeth thoroughly with a broom straw

So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change

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Health

Cook wild game meat thoroughly. (references)

Cook all poultry products thoroughly. (references)

COOK meat, poultry and eggs thoroughly. (references)

Business

The law thoroughly protects workers against antiunion discrimination. (references)

Respond promptly and thoroughly to all requests for information or assistance. (references)

As far as market requirements are concerned, foreign companies should thoroughly research French regulations. (references)

Civil Liberties

Sweden

The Government reviewed applications for asylum more thoroughly than in 2000. During the year 23,571 persons sought asylum compared to 16,303 applications in 2000. Applicants included 6,229 persons from Iraq, 3,112 persons from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 2,779 persons from Bosnia Herzegovina, 840 persons from Russia, 780 persons from Iran, and 595 persons from Afghanistan. (references)

Economic History

Saudi Arabia

Contents are thoroughly screened to conform to strict moral and religious standards. (references)

India

The U.S. firms should examine all distributor prospects and thoroughly research the more promising ones. (references)

Human Rights

Bulgaria

The Military Prosecutor's office in particular has not investigated incidents of alleged police abuse thoroughly or expeditiously. (references)

Dominican Republic

However, there is a clear pattern of the police arresting individuals before investigating a crime thoroughly, and relying on confessions to make their case. (references)

Political Economy

Brazil

Police tribunals (special courts for the uniformed police) remained overloaded, rarely investigated cases thoroughly, and seldom convicted abusers. (references)

Trade

Egypt

Whenever ECGC receives a request for guarantee, it investigates the importer thoroughly. (references)

Colombia

Non-fungible merchandise that can be thoroughly identified by marks, serial numbers, or other symbols can be temporarily brought into Colombian territory for specific purposes. (references)

Venezuela

For this reason, exporters are advised to investigate Venezuelan companies thoroughly and carefully evaluate the advantages and risks of sight drafts versus irrevocable letters of credit. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

Meat should always be thoroughly cooked. (references)

Ghana

All minor cuts should be thoroughly cleaned with antiseptic. (references)

Vietnam

Families with older children wishing to relocate to Vietnam should research the market thoroughly. (references)

Worker Rights

Indonesia

While not documented thoroughly, the sex trade is believed widely to have increased sharply as women hurt by the economic downturn sought means of support for their families. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "thoroughly": boil thoroughly ♦ deal with thoroughly ♦ explore thoroughly ♦ heat thoroughly ♦ investigate thoroughly ♦ iron thoroughly ♦ knead thoroughly ♦ massage thoroughly ♦ press thoroughly ♦ read through thoroughly ♦ thoroughly bad ♦ thoroughly healthy ♦ thoroughly rested ♦ thoroughly taken in ♦ treat a subject thoroughly ♦ work thoroughly. Additional references.

Beginning with "thoroughly": thoroughly-there.

Albanian

tërësisht (all, altogether, at large, completely, entirely, fully, heartily, holus-bolus, outright, sheer, through and through, totally, utterly, wholly), plotësisht (absolutely, all, at large, clear, cold, completely, dead, diametrically, entirely, fully, heartily, hollow, large, neck and crop, out and out, outright, perfectly, plain, plenty, Plumb, properly, quite, sheer, sound, stark, through and through, throughly, to the full extent, to the ground, totally, up, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly, wide, widely), me themel. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تماما (all, all right, alright, altogether, completely, decidedly, diametrically, enough, entirely, exactly, fairly, fully, in full, just, ok, okay, okey, perfectly, plumb, precisely, properly, quite, quite so, right, sharp, simply, smack, so far so good, stark, stock, through and through, totally, utterly, very, well, wholly, wide). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съвсем (all, altogether, clean, clear, completely, directly, dooms, fairly, just, largely, most, plain, precious, quite, real, regularly, simply, sopping, spang, to the core, to the wide, totally, up, well, wholly, wide), старателно, коренно (radically), грижливо (choicely, nicely), основно (second course, through and through), напълно (absolutely, all, altogether, amply, clean, completely, dead, entirely, every bit, fairly, fully, hollow, intimately, largely, out and out, outright, perfectly, quite, richly, sheer, spang, stark, stiff, through, throughly, to the full, to the letter, to the wide, totally, utterly, well, whole-hog, wholly, wide, without reserve), издъно. (various references)

Chinese 

好好�'地 (properly), 周到地. (various references)

Czech

peèlivì (neatly). (various references)

Danish

gennemruning (raising thoroughly), gennembage (to bake thoroughly), effektiv runing (raising thoroughly), borestoevet vandes kraftigt foer spraengningen (the drillings were wetted thoroughly with water before firing the shots), afskylle grundigt ved overbrusning (thoroughly washed by spraying). (various references)

Dutch

radicaal (radical, radically), grondig (radical, radically, thoroughgoing). (various references)

Esperanto

radikale (radically), ĝisfunde. (various references)

Finnish

tyystin (altogether, carefully), pohjiaan myöten, perinpohjin (in detail, minutely, radically), perinjuurin (radically, root and branch), perin (exceedingly, extremely), läpikotaisin (throughout), läpeensä (all through, throughout), kauttaaltaan (all over, altogether), huolellisesti (carefully, with care). (various references)

French

tout � fait, parfaitement (through and through), minutieusement, complètement (right through, through, through and through). (various references)

German

gründlich (careful, clean, exhaustive, extensively, fundamental, in depth, intimate, intimately, methodical, outright, painstaking, profound, profoundly, radical, radically, rigorous, roundly, searching, searchingly, sound, soundly, thorough, thoroughgoing), durch und durch (completely, quintessentially, through and through, utterly), durchaus (absolutely, by all means, completely, definitely, perfectly, quite, really, without fail). (various references)

Greek 

πλήρωσ (fully, roundly), εκ θεμελίων, τελείωσ (completely, perfectly). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�'מרי (altogether, clean, completely, downright, entirely, fully, neck and crop, out and out, over, quite, right, to the wide, totally, up to the hilt, utterly, wholly), על בוריו (properly, well), כליל (complete, completely, downright, entirely, out and out, over, passim, quite, stark, stiff, total, totally, utter, utterly, whole), ביסו�"יות (fast, fundamentally). (various references)

Hungarian

teljesen (absolutely, all, altogether, at all, clean, completely, consummately, entirely, from hub to tire up to the hub, full, fully, have sy by the leg, I am done to a frazzle, in full, it's all over with him, out and out, outright, perfectly, purely, quite, regularly, sheer, stark, starkly, through and through, to serve sy hand and foot, to the full, to write out, totally, utterly, wholly). (various references)

Icelandic

gagngert (radically), á róttækan hátt (radically). (various references)

Indonesian

seutuhnya (completely, entirely), sepenuhnya (full tale, perfect, utmost). (various references)

Italian

verdastro (greenish, searchingly, thorough), completamente (absolutely, all, altogether, clean, completely, downright, entirely, fully, outright, over, quite, right, roundly, sheer, signally, stark, stiff, through, throughout, tight, up, utterly, wholly, widely), a fondo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'�廃 (abolition, from start to finish, through and through), 完膚なきまで (completely), 完膚無き迄 (completely), 何処までも (anywhere, in all respects, persistently, stubbornly, through thick and thin, to the utmost), 何処迄も (anywhere, in all respects, persistently, stubbornly, through thick and thin, to the utmost), 余す所無く (fully), 徹� �徹尾 (through and through), ま�"ざら夢ではない (artfully, fairly, nicely, not altogether a dream, successfully), 万遍無く (all around, all over, equally, uniformly, without exception), � �掘り葉掘り (persistently, through-and-through), 能く (being skilled in, nicely, properly, skillfully, well), �'�廃 1 (abolition, from start to finish, through & through), �'�� �徹尾 (through and through), 満遍なく (all around, all over, equally, uniformly, without exception), 満遍無く (all around, all over, equally, uniformly, without exception), すすり泣く (all, all of a sudden, bitch, briskly, broke, clear, completely, directly, do something completely, erect, even, face with no make-up, gently, men's underwear, neat, nimble, ought to do, penniless, quick, quickly, quietly, shapely, should do, sleeping soundly, smart, smooth to the touch, smoothly, softly, straight, to leaveundone, to make refreshed, to make relieved, to neglect, to sob, to standup, upright, utterly stark naked, wearing only one's birthday suit), 熟 (completely, deeply, intently, really, severely), 能 (being skilled in, function, gift, nicely, Noh play, properly, skillfully, talent, well), � �ほり葉ほり (persistently, through-and-through). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すっかり (all, completely), ねほりはほり (greatly inquisitive, persistently, through-and-through), ま�"べ�"なく (all around, all over, equally, to be equally, to be thoroughly, uniformly, without exception), ま�"まと (artfully, fairly, nicely, successfully), ど�"までも (anywhere, in all respects, persistently, stubbornly, through thick and thin, to the utmost), つくづく (completely, deeply, intently, really, severely), か�"ぷなきまで (complete, completely, thorough), あますと�"ろなく (fully), よく (avarice, bath, being skilled in, craving, desire, greed, nicely, properly, skilled in, skillfully, wants, well), てっぱい (abolition, from start to finish, through and through), てっとうてつび (through and through). (various references)

Korean 

� � �하게 (Exhaustively, staunchly). (various references)

Manx

dy slane (completely, fully, quite, totally), dy dowin (deeply), dy bollagh (absolutely, clean, point-blank, quite, wholly). (various references)

Pig Latin

oroughlythay.(various references)

Portuguese

completamente (absolutely, all, all out, altogether, bodily, bolt, broad, clear, completely, consummately, directly, downright, entirely, exactly, fairly, full, fully, jolly, outright, overall, plenty, plumb, precious, quite, through, throughout, up, utterly, wholly). (various references)

Romanian

perfect (a1, absolute, accomplished, all right, blameless, classic, consummate, faultless, flawless, good enough, okay, out and out, perfect, perfectly, pure, quite so, right-down, ripe, that's fine, thorough, thoroughpaced, tiptop, total, unimpeachable), pânã la sfârşit (through, to the end of the chapter), detaliat (circumstantial, detailed, minute, particularly, thorough), de-a binelea (hollow, indeed), cu totul (all, all in all, downright, entirely, every bit, merely, most, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, quite, right, to the full, up to the nines, utterly, wholly), complet (absolute, all out, broad, clear, collected, complement, complete, completely, comprehensive, dead, down to the ground, downright, entire, entirely, every bit, every inch, exhaustive, fairly, flat, full, fully, good, hollow, outright, perfect, purely, quite, stark, strict, suite, thorough, thoroughpaced, to the bone, total, unabridged, utter, utterly, whole), absolut (absolute, absolutely, arbitrarily, be sure, blank, boundless, broad, categorical, categorically, coercive, complete, completely, dead, downright, emphatic, entire, essential, finished, flat, inalienable, just, perfect, physically, positive, positively, precious, pure, sheer, simple, strict, sure, there's no doubt about it, thorough, total, unequivocal, unfailingly, unlimited, unmistakable, unmistakably, unqualified, unrestricted, utter). (various references)

Russian 

совершенно (absolutely, at all, clean, clear, completely, down to the ground, entirely, outright, perfectly, quite, stark, through and through, throughout, utterly), тщательно (in depth, painstakingly, scrupulously), вконец (utterly), вполне (altogether, completely, fully, hollow, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, pretty, quite, richly, throughly, to a nicety). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

temeljno (thoroughgoing, thrice), savršeno (perfectly), potpuno (absolutely, all over, broadly, completely, consummately, dead, entirely, full scale, fully, outright, purely, roundly, sheer, solely, span-new, stark, throughly, totally, unreservedly, utterly, whole), pažljivo (carefully, cautiously, intently, thoughtfully). (various references)

Spanish

exhaustivamente (comprehensively, exhaustively), completamente (all, all out, altogether, blankly, clearly, completely, consummately, dead, downright, entirely, fairly, flat, full, fully, holus-bolus, Plumb, properly, quite, right, sheer, through, through and through, up to the hilt), a fondo (all out, in depth). (various references)

Swedish

noggrannt (carefully). (various references)

Thai

อย่างสมบูร�"์ (clean, pure), อย่างละเอีย�"ถี่ถ้วน (exhaustively). (various references)

Turkish

tamamen (absolutely, all, altogether, at large, bang, bang on, chock, clean, clear, completely, dead, definitely, downright, entirely, exactly, fair, fully, heart and soul, hollow, holo-, hopelessly, in the highest degree, in toto, neck and crop, off, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, precious, properly, quite, richly, roundly, sheer, simply, staring, stark, thro, through, through and through, thru, thru and thru, up to the hilt, utterly, well, whole, wholly, wide), iyice (clean, complete, completely, fair, fully, goodish, jolly well, over, proper, properly, quite, rather good, tolerable, tolerably, well, wide, widely), en ince ayrıntısına kadar (to the quick), ayrıntılarıyla (at full length, at great length, at some length, warts and all), adamakilli (completely, entirely, fully, radically, through), adamakıllı (greatly, head over heels, over, Plumb, profound, proper, properly, regularly, richly, soundly, well, wide, widely, with a vengeance). (various references)

Ukrainian

старанно (accurately, affectionately, carefully, diligently, drudgingly, heartily, industriously, scrupulously, studiously), цілком (absolutely, all, all in all, all of, all out, altogether, at all, bodily, broad, clean, clear, completely, duly, en bloc, entirely, fairly, full, fully, hollow, nicely, outright, perfectly, pure, purely, quite, richly, soundly, well, wholly). (various references)

Vietnamese 

rất (dogged, highly, immensely, mightily, mighty, thundering, very), ho� n to� n (all, all right, all-in-all, altogether, backbone, clean, completely, consummate, due, full, fully, heartily, hilt, hollow, inch, out-and-out, outright, perfectly, profound, purely, quite, regular, sheer, stark, thorough, undivided, utter, utterly, wholly), ho� n hảo hết mực, hết sức (all-fired, blooming, deadly, dogged, enourmously, extremely, fault, frightfuly, grossly, half, halves, handle, highly, howling, hugely, immortally, jolly, mightily, mighty, out, precious, profound, sorely, thundering, unco). (various references)

callide, concrematae, conversa, conversae, conversi, conversique, conversum, conversus, conversusque, penitus, per-. (various references)

pairi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Thoroughly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: thoreughly, thoroghly, thoroughky, thoroughyl, thorougly, thorouphly, thorughly, thouroughly, thuroughly, troroughly. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: throughly.

-2 letters: thorough, yoghourt.

-3 letters: roughly, through, toughly, urology, yoghurt.

-4 letters: grouty, hourly, though, toughy, trough, yogurt.

-5 letters: ghoul, glory, glout, gouty, grout, guyot, hooly, hooty, hotly, hurly, lough, loury, ology, ortho, ought, outgo, rooty, rough, routh, thoro, thurl, tough, truly, youth.