Thoroughly meaning

What does “thoroughly” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“thoroughly” is an adverb with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: in an exhaustive manner.

thoroughly

adverb

in an exhaustive manner
“we searched the files thoroughly”
Synonymsexhaustively
completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
“he was soundly defeated”
“we beat him good”
Synonymssoundly good

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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✦Synonyms for thoroughly✦Unscramble THOROUGHLY