thoroughly

English

Etymology

thorough +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /θʌ.ɹə.liː/
(US) IPA^(key): /θɜːɹ.ə.lɪ/ (accents with the hurry–furry merger)
Audio (US-California) (file)
(accents with the hurry–furry merger)

Adverb

thoroughly (comparative more thoroughly, superlative most thoroughly)

In a thorough or complete manner.
He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.

Synonyms

but good, in spades; see also Thesaurus:completely

Translations

in a thorough or complete manner

Catalan: completament (ca), exhaustivament
Czech: důkladně
Finnish: perusteellisesti (fi), kauttaaltaan (fi), läpikotaisin (fi)
French: absolument (fr), complètement (fr)
German: gründlich (de), vollkommen (de), total (de)
Hungarian: alaposan (hu), tüzetesen
Italian: completamente (it), totalmente (it), assolutamente (it)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: grundig (no)

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)

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