thoroughgoing

adj
/ˈθʌɹəˌɡəʊɪŋ/UK/ˈθʌɹəˌɡoʊɪŋ/US

Etymology

From thorough + going (adjective).

  1. inherited from going
  2. derived from *gēną
  3. inherited from *gēndz
  4. inherited from gānde
  5. inherited from goinge
  6. compounded as thoroughgoing — “thorough + going

Definitions

  1. With great attention to detail

    With great attention to detail; complete, thorough.

    • He did a thoroughgoing job of cleaning up the broken glass.
    • I am myself a thoroughgoing individualist, writing for those who are, like myself, irrevocably committed to the modern experiment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for thoroughgoing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA