Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a thorough manner; unqualifiedly; fully; completely.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a thorough or complete manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an exhaustive manner
  • adverb completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')

Etymologies

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thorough +‎ -ly

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