exhaustivenessn.
/ɛɡˈzɔːstɪvnɪs/ The quality of being exhaustive.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > thoroughness or exhaustiveness
thoroughnessa1631
searchingness1685
exhaustiveness1817
radicalism1830
exhaustion1869
1817 J. Bentham Chrestomathia Pt. II 280 The idea of exhaustiveness, as applied to logical division.
1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. ii. v. 386 The exhaustiveness and subtlety of the thought.
1885 Farrar in Libr. Mag. Dec. 500 The exhaustiveness of the curriculum of your University.
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