thorough
/ˈθʌɹoʊ/ adjective B1- Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail. · The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father-of-two in police custody.· Not enough! Your work has to be thorougher than this.
- Utter; complete; absolute.
Comparative thorougher · Superlative thoroughest
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“And why should he not have this?” asked the owner; “he is young, it is true, but he seems to me a thorough seaman, and of full experience.”
She only perceived that Anne had made a very thorough apology and all resentment vanished from her kindly, if somewhat officious, heart.
Marilla went to her room and made a thorough search, not only over the bureau but in every other place she thought the brooch might possibly be.
A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and, besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions, or the word will be but half deserved.”
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