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Thoroughness

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Noun

1. thoroughness

conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Thoroughness

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adjective
1. 
carried out completely and carefully
a thorough search
2. (prenominal)
utter
a thorough bore
3. 
painstakingly careful
my work is thorough
noun
thoroughgoing policy, as adopted in England by Strafford and Laud during the reign of Charles I

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Thoroughness

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preposition, adverb
1.  Obsolete
through
adjective
2. 
passing through
now chiefly in combination, as in thoroughfare
3. 
done or proceeding through to the end; omitting nothing; complete
a thorough checkup
4. 
that is completely (the thing specified); out-and-out; absolute
a thorough rascal
5. 
very exact, accurate, or painstaking, esp. with regard to details
a thorough researcher
noun
6.  [T-]; English
the ruthlessly thoroughgoing administrative policies carried out by William Laud and the Earl of Strafford during the reign of Charles I

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Thoroughness

see synonyms of thoroughness
adj.
1. Exhaustively complete: a thorough search.
2. Painstakingly accurate or careful: thorough research.
3. Absolute; utter: a thorough pleasure.
prep. & adv.
Archaic
Variant of through.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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