thoroughly

English

Alternative forms

• thorowly(obsolete)

Etymology

Fromthorough+‎-ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/
• (US,hurry–furrymerger)IPA^(key):/ˈθɜɹ.ə.li/

• Audio(California,hurry–furrymerger):

  (file)

Adverb

thoroughly(comparativemorethoroughly,superlativemostthoroughly)

1. In athoroughorcompletemanner.

   He went out in the rain and came backthoroughlydrenched.

   The editor lookedthoroughlyfor any mistakes in the paper.

Synonyms

• but good,in spades;see alsoThesaurus:completely

Translations

in a thorough or complete manner

• Bulgarian:напълно(bg)(napǎlno),съвсем(bg)(sǎvsem)
• Catalan:completament(ca),exhaustivament
• Czech:důkladně(cs)
• Dutch:grondig(nl),volledig(nl),door en door(nl)
• Esperanto:komplete
• Finnish:perusteellisesti(fi),kauttaaltaan(fi),läpikotaisin(fi)
• French:absolument(fr),complètement(fr)
• German:gründlich(de),vollkommen(de),total(de),durch und durch(de)
• Hungarian:alaposan(hu),tüzetesen
• Ido:komplete(io)
• Italian:completamente(it),totalmente(it),assolutamente(it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:grundig(no)

  Nynorsk:grundig

• Old English:deoplice
• Plautdietsch:dichtich
• Polish:doszczętnie(pl),gruntownie(pl)
• Portuguese:a fundo,completamente(pt)
• Russian:тща́тельно(ru)(tščátelʹno),основа́тельно(ru)(osnovátelʹno),доскона́льно(ru)(doskonálʹno),по́лностью(ru)(pólnostʹju),вполне́(ru)(vpolné),соверше́нно(ru)(soveršénno),совсе́м(ru)(sovsém)
• Spanish:cabalmente(es),a cabalidad,a fondo,detenidamente,completamente(es)
• Ukrainian:цілкови́то(uk)(cilkovýto),пи́льно(pýlʹno),рете́льно(retélʹno),стара́нно(staránno)