Meanings
comparative more thoroughly · superlative most thoroughly · alternative obsolete thorowly
- In a thorough or complete manner.
He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.
2 more examples
The editor looked thoroughly for any mistakes in the paper.
Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.
2021 July 1, Gregory McNamee, “Does spinach make you strong? Ask Popeye – and science”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin an exhaustive manner
adverbcompletely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian напълно, съвсем
- напълно (napălno)in a thorough or complete manner
- съвсем (săvsem)in a thorough or complete manner
Catalan completament, exhaustivament
- completamentin a thorough or complete manner
- exhaustivamentin a thorough or complete manner
Czech důkladně
- důkladněin a thorough or complete manner
Dutch grondig, volledig
- grondigin a thorough or complete manner
- volledigin a thorough or complete manner
- door en doorin a thorough or complete manner
Esperanto komplete
- kompletein a thorough or complete manner
Finnish perusteellisesti, kauttaaltaan
- perusteellisestiin a thorough or complete manner
- kauttaaltaanin a thorough or complete manner
- läpikotaisinin a thorough or complete manner
French absolument, complètement
- absolumentin a thorough or complete manner
- complètementin a thorough or complete manner
German gründlich, vollkommen
- gründlichin a thorough or complete manner
- vollkommenin a thorough or complete manner
- totalin a thorough or complete manner
- durch und durchin a thorough or complete manner
Hungarian alaposan, tüzetesen
- alaposanin a thorough or complete manner
- tüzetesenin a thorough or complete manner
Italian completamente, totalmente
- completamentein a thorough or complete manner
- totalmentein a thorough or complete manner
- assolutamentein a thorough or complete manner
Norwegian Bokmål grundig
- grundigin a thorough or complete manner
Polish doszczętnie, gruntownie
- doszczętniein a thorough or complete manner
- gruntowniein a thorough or complete manner
Portuguese a fundo, completamente
- a fundoin a thorough or complete manner
- completamentein a thorough or complete manner
Russian тща́тельно, основа́тельно
- тща́тельно (tščátelʹno)in a thorough or complete manner
- основа́тельно (osnovátelʹno)in a thorough or complete manner
- доскона́льно (doskonálʹno)in a thorough or complete manner
- по́лностью (pólnostʹju)in a thorough or complete manner
- вполне́ (vpolné)in a thorough or complete manner
- соверше́нно (soveršénno)in a thorough or complete manner
- совсе́м (sovsém)in a thorough or complete manner
Spanish cabalmente, a cabalidad
- cabalmentein a thorough or complete manner
- a cabalidadin a thorough or complete manner
- detenidamentein a thorough or complete manner
- a rajatablain a thorough or complete manner
- al cabalin a thorough or complete manner
Turkish enine boyuna
- enine boyunain a thorough or complete manner
Ukrainian цілкови́то, пи́льно
- цілкови́то (cilkovýto)in a thorough or complete manner
- пи́льно (pýlʹno)in a thorough or complete manner
- рете́льно (retélʹno)in a thorough or complete manner
- стара́нно (staránno)in a thorough or complete manner
Cite this entry
thoroughly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoroughly
“thoroughly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoroughly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thoroughly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoroughly.
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