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thoroughly

tho·roughly

US/ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/ fairly common

adverb

1.

in a complete and thorough manner (`good'' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly'')

  • “he was soundly defeated”
  • “we beat him good”
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2.

in an exhaustive manner

  • “we searched the files thoroughly”
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Origin

From thorough + -ly.

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