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# thoroughly

«thoroughly» in Mova's school dictionary: **carefully and completely, so nothing is missed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Thoroughly means carefully and completely, so nothing is missed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#m1)

2) Thoroughly means very much or totally: «thoroughly enjoyed». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety and health lessons: «wash your hands thoroughly», «cook chicken thoroughly». In school: «check your work thoroughly». In everyday talk it adds strength: «I thoroughly enjoyed the trip», «thoroughly fed up».

### examples

- Wash your hands thoroughly with soap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x1)
- Cook the chicken thoroughly before eating it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x2)
- Read the question thoroughly before you answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x3)
- We thoroughly enjoyed the school trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x4)
- The police searched the house thoroughly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x5)
- Rinse the paintbrush thoroughly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x6)
- I was thoroughly soaked by the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x7)
- The beautiful princess was thoroughly deceived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x8)

### note

Spelling trap: thoroughly (from «thorough»), not «throughly» or «thoughly». Said «THUR-uh-lee». Adjective: thorough; noun: thoroughness.

### In the corpora

- [Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.206/)
- [Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.845/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thoroughly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.