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exhaustive

/ɪɡˈzɔstɪv/ adjective C2
  1. Including every possible element: fully comprehensive. · We made an exhaustive list.
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“At the sight of papers of all sorts,—titles, contracts, parchments, which were kept in the archives of the family, all descending from the poisoned cardinal, I in my turn examined the immense bundles of documents, like twenty servitors, stewards, secretaries before me; but in spite of the most exhaustive researches, I found—nothing.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 193 · C1
He delineated the intricate characteristics of the bitterroot, the Osage orange, and the ponderosa pine, providing exhaustive descriptions that would eventually captivate the scientific community.
The Corps of Discovery: Science and Synergy in the American West, p. 1 · C2

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