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 →

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

• 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.