Thoroughgoing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθʌɹəˌɡəʊɪŋ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Thoroughgoing is an adjective meaning With great attention to detail; complete, thorough.
Meaning
With great attention to detail; complete, thorough.
Example Sentences
He did a thoroughgoing job of cleaning up the broken glass.
Mr. Prayter was a thorough-going cleric in the way of eating. He ate till there was nothing left.
I am myself a thoroughgoing individualist, writing for those who are, like myself, irrevocably committed to the modern experiment.
It must be reiterated, as, for the purpose of these Memoranda, the deep lesson of History and Time, that all else in the contributions of a nation or age, through its politics, materials, heroic personalities, military eclat, &c., remains crude, and defers, in any close and thorough-going estimate, until vitalized by national, original archetypes in literature.
Word Forms
- thorough-going
Synonyms for thoroughgoing
Depending on context, synonyms include abject, frightful, absolute, arrant, categorical, complete.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include exhaustive, consummate, thorough, perfect, utter, complete.
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