thoroughly

adverb

1. To the fullest extent: absolutely, all, altogether, completely, dead, entirely, flat, fully, just, perfectly, quite, totally, utterly, well², wholly. Informal clean, clear. Idioms: in toto, through and through. See big/small/amount, limited/unlimited.
2. In a complete manner: completely, exhaustively, intensively. Idioms: in and out, inside out, up and down. See limited/unlimited, part/whole.

IN BRIEF: adv. - In an exhaustive manner; In a complete manner (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly').

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive — George Eliot

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The adverb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: in a complete and thorough manner; (`good' is used informally for `thoroughly' as in"we beat him good")
  Synonyms: soundly, good
  Derived from adjective: thorough (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: in an exhaustive manner
  Synonym: exhaustively
  Derived from adjective: thorough (meaning #1)

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Common misspelling(s) of thoroughly

• throughly

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - fuldstændigt, grundigt, indgående, gennemgribende, ganske, fuldkommen

Nederlands (Dutch)
danig, grondig

Français (French)
adv. - à fond, minutieusement, terriblement, extrêmement, profondément, complètement, tout à fait, parfaitement, chaleureusement

Deutsch (German)
adv. - gehörig, tüchtig, gründlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - τέλεια, πλήρως, κατά βάθος, ολοκληρωτικά

Italiano (Italian)
completamente, profondamente

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - cuidadosamente, minuciosamente, completamente

Русский (Russian)
тщательно, досконально

Español (Spanish)
adv. - perfectamente, completamente, a fondo, minuciosamente

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - grundligt, helt, alldeles

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
十分地, 彻底地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 十分地, 徹底地

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 완전히, 철저히, 순전히

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 完全に, 全く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) متمكن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮ביסודיות, כליל‬

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