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thor·ough
I. \ˈthər.(ˌ)ō, ˈthər.ə, ˈthə.(ˌ)rō, ˈthə.rə sometimes ˈthȯ(ˌ)rō or -_rə; -r.əw or -.rəw or -_rō+V\ preposition
Etymology: Middle English thorugh, thorw, thorow, from Old English thuruh, thurh, preposition & adverb — more at through
archaic : through
< thorough the fog it came — S.T.Coleridge >
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English thorugh, thorw, thorow, from Old English thuruh, thurh, preposition & adverb
1. archaic : through
< the plowshare drawn thorough — A.C.Swinburne >
2. dialect chiefly Britain : thoroughly
< a thorough good sort — Virginia Woolf >
III. adjective
(sometimes -er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English thorow, from thorugh, thorw, thorow, adverb
1. : marked by completeness: as
a.
(1) : carried through to completion especially with full attention to details : complete
< a thorough search >
< drastic thorough intensive reform — J.G.Harrison >
(2) : marked by attention to many details
< the very thorough description of the country — G.F.Hudson >
especially : marked by sound systematic attention to all aspects and details
< completed thorough courses in mathematics — H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker >
< his thorough grasp of economic matters — Alexander Brady >
(3) : complete in all respects
< the performance is a thorough delight — Brooks Atkinson >
b.
(1) : characterized by mastery (as of a profession or an art)
< a thorough musician >
(2) : having all the typical qualities
< were both thorough children of the Renaissance — Gamaliel Bradford >
(3) : careful about all details
< is not brilliant but he is very thorough — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
2. : passing through
• thor·ough·ly \-r.əlē -.rə-, -li\ adverb
• thor·ough·ness noun -es
IV. noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
: a thorough policy or action; especially : a thorough and tyrannical political policy (as in 17th century England) |