| ADJECTIVE | all | thorough | painstakingly careful and accurate |
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| all | thorough, exhaustive, thoroughgoing | performed comprehensively and completely | |
| all | thorough, arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated | without qualification / qualification |
| Sounds | thao'row; ther'ow | |
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| Rhymes | Afro ... zero: 75 rhymes with row... | |
| borough ... Thoreau: 9 rhymes with erow... | ||
| Meaning | painstakingly careful and accurate. | |
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| Broader | careful | Exercising caution or showing care or attention |
| Spanish | meticuloso, minucioso, profundo | |
| Catalan | meticulós, minuciós, profund | |
| Nouns | thoroughness | conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task |
| Adverbs | thoroughly | in an exhaustive manner |
| Meaning | Performed comprehensively and completely. | |
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| Synonyms | exhaustive, thoroughgoing | |
| Broader | complete | Having every necessary or normal part or component or step |
| Spanish | exhaustivo | |
| Catalan | exhaustiu | |
| Nouns | thoroughness | conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task |
| Adverbs | thoroughly | completely and absolutely ('good' is sometimes used informally for 'thoroughly') |
| Meaning | Without qualification / qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. | |
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| Example | "a thoroughgoing villain" | |
| Synonyms | arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated | |
| Broader | unmitigated | not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity |
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