thoroughly

English

Etymology

thorough +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /θɜːr.ə.liː/

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Adverb

thoroughly ‎(comparative more thoroughly, superlative most thoroughly)

1. In a thorough or complete manner.

   He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.

Synonyms

• but good, in spades

Translations

in a thorough or complete manner

• Czech: důkladně
• Finnish: perusteellisesti (fi)
• French: absolument (fr), complètement (fr)
• German: gründlich (de)
• Hungarian: alaposan (hu), tüzetesen

• Italian: completamente (it), totalmente (it), assolutamente (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grundig

  Nynorsk: grundig

• 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, a cabalidad, a fondo, detenidamente, completamente (es)