thoroughly

[thur-uh-lee, thuhr‐]

adverb

1. in a thorough manner or degree; completely and carefully.

   We will review the data thoroughly.

2. perfectly; utterly.

   We thoroughly enjoyed the play.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thoroughly¹

First recorded in 1450–1500; thorough ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

No other historian has mined American Indian accounts—written, oral and pictographic—of a war with the U.S. government more thoroughly than Mr. Hedren has here.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

England's skillset was put under an intense microscope of scrutiny and criticism like never before after they were thoroughly outplayed by Australia last winter, but their attitude, fitness and professionalism was also in the spotlight.

Read more on BBC

"We find that serious adverse event reviews are not always undertaken quite as thoroughly as they might be and that the learning from these reviews is not always made," she says.

Read more on BBC

"Upon examining the data thoroughly, we understood that the glaciers were reacting to the warming air in summer by intensifying their temperature exchange at the surface," Pellicciotti says.

Read more on Science Daily

That may be surprising given the thoroughly bruising nature of a defeat she has described as traumatising.

Read more on BBC

Related Words

• assiduously 
• carefully 
• completely 
• comprehensively www.thesaurus.com
• conscientiously www.thesaurus.com
• earnestly 
• efficiently 
• extremely 
• fully 
• highly 
• intensely 
• intensively www.thesaurus.com
• meticulously 
• painstakingly www.thesaurus.com
• scrupulously 
• very 
• wholly