Meanings
nounthoroughness (usually uncountable, plural thoroughnesses)
plural thoroughnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being thorough.
- uncountableusuallyAttention to detail.
Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian цялост, съвършенство
- цялост (cjalost)state of being thorough
- съвършенство (săvăršenstvo)state of being thorough
- щателност (štatelnost)attention to detail
Chinese Mandarin 徹底 /彻底, 對細節的關注 /对细节的关注
- 徹底 /彻底 (chèdǐ)state of being thorough
- 對細節的關注 /对细节的关注 (duì xìjié de guānzhù)attention to detail
Czech důkladnost
- důkladnoststate of being thorough
Finnish perinpohjaisuus, perusteellisuus
- perinpohjaisuusstate of being thorough
- perusteellisuusstate of being thorough
- perusteellisuusattention to detail
French rigueur
- rigueurstate of being thorough
German Gründlichkeit, Genauigkeit
- Gründlichkeitstate of being thorough
- Genauigkeitattention to detail
Irish cruinneas
- cruinneasstate of being thorough
Portuguese rigor, detalhismo
- rigorstate of being thorough
- detalhismoattention to detail
- minuciosidadeattention to detail
Romanian meticulozitate
- meticulozitatestate of being thorough
Spanish meticulosidad, cabalidad
- meticulosidadstate of being thorough
- cabalidadstate of being thorough
- detallismoattention to detail
- minuciosidadattention to detail
- detenimientoattention to detail
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APA
thoroughness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoroughness
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“thoroughness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoroughness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thoroughness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoroughness.
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