thoroughgoing

[ thur-oh-goh-ing, -uh-goh-, thuhr- ]

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adjective

doing things thoroughly.
carried out to the full extent; thorough.

complete; unqualified: a thoroughgoing knave.

Origin of thoroughgoing

First recorded in 1810–20; thorough + going

Other words from thoroughgoing

thor·ough·go·ing·ly, adverb
thor·ough·go·ing·ness, noun

Words Nearby thoroughgoing

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How to use thoroughgoing in a sentence

In any case, the failure to make thoroughgoing plans to accommodate other media outlets is a de facto act of exclusivity.
Fox & Friends hosts propaganda session for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis | Erik Wemple | May 6, 2021 | Washington Post
JFK was thus a thoroughgoing practitioner of black swan logic.
JFK’s Weak Body And Strong Spirit | James Blight, Janet Lang | November 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
One of those senators, Harry F. Byrd Jr., was a thoroughgoing segregationist.
The High-Stakes Virginia Election Recount | Michael Tomasky | November 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
There is simply nothing on the sports calendar as thoroughgoing as the domination of Thanksgiving Day by American football.
Football, Hold the Stuffing | Charles P. Pierce | November 26, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST
Hume and Holbach had much in common intellectually, although the latter was far more thoroughgoing in his repudiation of Theism.
Baron d'Holbach | Max Pearson Cushing

Malthus was not a thoroughgoing supporter of the 'do-nothing' doctrine.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) | Leslie Stephen
We are not even sure that, in a thoroughgoing civic catastrophe, Dr. Straton would escape.
Seeing Things at Night | Heywood Broun
It was called then the Charles Street gang, and none but the thoroughgoing cared to belong to it.
Endymion | Benjamin Disraeli
The men were a fine lot, and such thoroughgoing Americans, no matter from what country their parents had come.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for thoroughgoing

thoroughgoing

/ (ˈθʌrəˌɡəʊɪŋ) /

adjective

extremely thorough
(usually prenominal) absolute; complete: thoroughgoing incompetence

Derived forms of thoroughgoing

thoroughgoingly, adverb
thoroughgoingness, noun

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