Thoroughly
by Adina Ma
1. Other examples
1.1. Officials thoroughly investigated the scene
1.2. Some crumbled feta cheese added with the nuts would be a thoroughly good thing.
1.3. “thoroughly investigated by an independent forensic agency.”
1.4. I thoroughly enjoyed that huge piece of cake.
1.5. I thoroughly went through the documents.
2. completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
2.1. Synonyms: good, soundly
3. in an exhaustive manner
3.1. Thoroughly means exhaustively and completely. No matter how thoroughly you clean every carpet, shelf, and windowpane in a house, there is always more dust to be found.
3.2. “we searched the files thoroughly”
3.3. Synonyms: exhaustively
