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thoroughness
Variant of thorough
, adverb
Obsolete through
adjective
- passing through: now chiefly in combination, as in thoroughfare
- done or proceeding through to the end; omitting nothing; complete: a thorough checkup
- that is completely (the thing specified); out-and-out; absolute: a thorough rascal
- very exact, accurate, or painstaking, esp. with regard to details: a thorough researcher
noun
Eng. History the ruthlessly thoroughgoing administrative policies carried out by William Laud and the Earl of Strafford during the reign of Charles I
Related Forms:
- thoroughly adverb
- thoroughness noun
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