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单词 thoroughly
释义

thoroughly

adverb

thor·​ough·​ly ˈthər-(ˌ)ō-lē How to pronounce thoroughly (audio)
 sometimes  ˈthȯr-;
ˈthə-(ˌ)rō-
: in a complete or thorough manner
Police thoroughly searched the crime scene for clues.
Bats are extremely tidy: they comb themselves thoroughly, and don't gather a mess of nesting materials for their homes, as birds do. Diane Ackerman
: to a complete or thorough extent
We were thoroughly satisfied with the service we received.
thoroughly disgusted/delighted
By taking all the tricks in the game, one defeats the opponent so thoroughly that he may be disconcerted … Craig M. Carver

Synonyms

  • completely
  • comprehensively
  • detailedly
  • exhaustively
  • fully
  • inside out
  • minutely
  • roundly
  • sweepingly
  • systematically
  • through and through
  • totally
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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

thoroughly

adverb

1
as in systematically
with attention to all aspects or details they researched the issue thoroughly before deciding how to vote

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • systematically
  • fully
  • comprehensively
  • extensively
  • completely
  • exhaustively
  • widely
  • totally
  • minutely
  • at length
  • intensively
  • in detail
  • sweepingly
  • roundly
  • inside out
  • detailedly
  • broadly
  • from stem to stern
  • meticulously
  • microscopically
  • from the ground up
  • perfectly
  • all out
  • generally
  • definitely
  • full blast
  • conclusively
  • consummately
  • globally
  • through and through
  • encyclopedically

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • randomly
  • haphazardly
  • inadequately
  • imperfectly
  • summarily
  • narrowly
  • cursorily
  • superficially
  • desultorily
  • aimlessly
  • shallowly
  • sketchily
  • vaguely
  • hit or miss
  • nebulously
  • indeterminately
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as in fully
to a full extent or degree I am thoroughly satisfied with her explanation of the events of that evening

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • fully
  • completely
  • totally
  • all
  • quite
  • utterly
  • perfectly
  • wholly
  • well
  • entirely
  • even
  • absolutely
  • fast
  • exactly
  • out
  • entire
  • wide
  • soundly
  • enough
  • heartily
  • clean
  • full
  • all of
  • all the way
  • dead
  • for fair
  • flat
  • all over
  • basically
  • altogether
  • at length
  • in whole
  • to pieces
  • substantially
  • plumb
  • to the max
  • downright
  • generally
  • mostly
  • largely
  • categorically
  • down to the ground
  • plain
  • to bits
  • to the hilt
  • greatly
  • cold
  • generously
  • down the line
  • through and through
  • mainly
  • abundantly
  • chiefly
  • unqualifiedly
  • principally
  • predominantly
  • primarily
  • stone
  • predominately
  • copiously
  • overall
  • hands down
  • stone-cold
  • by and large
  • more or less

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • partially
  • partly
  • minimally
  • incompletely
  • slightly
  • just
  • superficially
  • halfway
  • somewhat
  • barely
  • scarcely
  • hardly
  • half
  • marginally
  • part
  • roughly
  • approximately
  • kind of
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