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thoroughly

[ thur-uh-lee, thuhr‐ ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a thorough manner or degree; completely and carefully:
We will review the data thoroughly.
perfectly; utterly:
We thoroughly enjoyed the play.

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First recorded in 1450–1500; thorough ( def ) + -ly ( def )

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It is also the first study to thoroughly examine emergency department use for post-abortion care.

Do not move on to the next item on this list until you have thoroughly answered these questions.

Something tells me Holly Golightly would have thoroughly approved.

Its rhetorical potential—if it ever had any—has been thoroughly exhausted.

But when you look at it clearly, saving the law from politics turns out to be a thoroughly political job.

Down in his galleries and chambers where it was dark as a pocket Grandfather Mole enjoyed himself thoroughly.

Men's lives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe: evil spreads as necessarily as disease.

And here let me point out for your future guidance the importance of having a private secretary thoroughly up to his work.

Whatever figure alphabet, however, is used, the main thing about it is to master it thoroughly.

Formulas prepared by others are perfectly retained, however, if they are thoroughly assimilated.

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