thoroughly

/ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/

adv 1

Collocations

ADJ.

all, better, delicious, dishonest, english, english, familiar, lost

She thoroughly enjoyed the delicious meal at the new restaurant last night.

VERB + THOROUGHLY

back, came, enjoy, felt, got, grounded, house, idling

She thoroughly enjoyed the concert and talked about it for weeks afterward.

THOROUGHLY + NOUN

character, grammar, myself, water

I thoroughly cleaned the water filter before refilling the tank.

PREP.

in, out, with

She thoroughly cleaned out the garage before her parents came to visit.

adv

In a thorough or complete manner.

He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.

The editor looked thoroughly for any mistakes in the paper.

adverb — in an exhaustive manner

adverb — completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informal

He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.

Wiktionary

The editor looked thoroughly for any mistakes in the paper.

Wiktionary

Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.

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You had better study English thoroughly.

Tatoeba · #15886

We're thoroughly prepared for the Y2K bug.

Tatoeba · #23542

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

Tatoeba · #30178

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