exhaustive

UK /ɪɡˈzɔː.stɪv/ US /ɪɡˈzɔ.stɪv/

adj 2

Definitions

adj

Including every possible element: fully comprehensive.

We made an exhaustive list.

Causing exhaustion; very tiring.

Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court.

Chopping and hauling wood was exhaustive work. Scraping the flesh off the heavy hides and hanging them to dry also taxed her physical strength.

VERBS

ADV

by no means, not necessarily

The study was not necessarily exhaustive, but it covered the main points well.

fairly

The report provided a fairly exhaustive review of all the problems we discovered during the audit.

adjective — performed comprehensively and completely

We made an exhaustive list.

Wiktionary

Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court.

Wiktionary

Chopping and hauling wood was exhaustive work. Scraping the flesh off the heavy hides and hanging them to dry also taxed her physical strength.

Wiktionary

The police undertook exhaustive searches but failed to find the body.

Tatoeba · #5257499

This list is not exhaustive.

Tatoeba · #5270124

We've done an exhaustive investigation.

Tatoeba · #5725362

i Register

In some senses, exhaustive is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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