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thoroughly meaning

EN[θɜːr.ə.liː]
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  • AdverbCOMmore thoroughlySUPmost thoroughlyPREthorough-SUF-ly
    1. In a thorough or complete manner.
      1. He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • Not to rub it in, but I'm working from home. So I took a swim this morning and have thoroughly been enjoying the beautiful weather
      • This may be called milieu control. The Chinese Communist prison is probably the most thoroughly controlled and manipulated group environment that has ever existed.
      • A haymishe but thoroughly regressive, look at dilemmas past.

Meaning of thoroughly for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "thoroughly" is an adverb. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Adverbs
      • Morphemes
        • Suffixes
          • Words by suffix
            • Words suffixed with -ly
      Difficultness: Level 1
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      Definiteness: Level 1
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      Definite    ➨     Versatile

      Other Vocabulary

      Look-Alike Words
      1. en throughly
      2. en thoroughs
      3. en thoroughgo
      4. en thourough
      5. en unroughly
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