thoroughly
adverbcommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈθʌɹ.ə.li//
- //ˈθɜɹ.ə.li//
In a thorough or complete manner.
adverb
- 1
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.
Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.
Etymology
From thorough + -ly.
Forms
- comparative
- more thoroughly
- superlative
- most thoroughly
Thornton · A number of places in the United Kingdom: A small village and…thorough · Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.Thorough · A scheme devised in 17th-century England by Thomas Wentworth,…
thoroughly · In a thorough or complete manner.
Thorpe · A common habitational surname from Old English.thou · To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as…though · Despite that; however.