thoroughly
part of speech
adverb
meaning for a pupil
1) Thoroughly means carefully and completely, so nothing is missed. tree →
2) Thoroughly means very much or totally: «thoroughly enjoyed». tree →
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
- And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. (Torah GEN.11.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. (Torah EXO.21.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. (Writings PSA.51.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour; (Prophets JER.7.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thus saith the LORD of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel; turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer upon the shoots. (Prophets JER.6.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wash your hands thoroughly with soap. tree →
- Cook the chicken thoroughly before eating it. tree →
- Read the question thoroughly before you answer. tree →
- We thoroughly enjoyed the school trip. tree →
- The police searched the house thoroughly. tree →
- Rinse the paintbrush thoroughly. tree →
- I was thoroughly soaked by the rain. tree →
- The beautiful princess was thoroughly deceived. tree →
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;
- Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «thoroughly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.