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thorough

adjective
thorough pronunciation English ˈθʌrə thorough pronunciation American ˈθɜːroʊ
 
1 done completely; with great attention to detaila thorough knowledge of the subjectThe police carried out a thorough investigation.2 [not usually before noun] (of a person) doing things very carefully and with great attention to detailShe's very thorough and conscientious.He was determined to be thorough in his research.3 (British English, informal) used to emphasize how bad or annoying somebody/something is
Synonym
complete
Everything was in a thorough mess.
thoroughness
thoroughness pronunciation English ˈθʌrənəs thoroughness pronunciation American ˈθɜːroʊnəs
noun [uncountable]I was impressed by the thoroughness of the report.I admire his thoroughness.