thoroughly

adv
/ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/US/ˈθɜɹ.ə.li/

Etymology

From thorough + -ly.

  1. inherited from þurh
  2. inherited from þuruh
  3. inherited from thoruȝ
  4. suffixed as thoroughly — “thorough + -ly

Definitions

  1. In a thorough or complete manner.

    • He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.
    • The editor looked thoroughly for any mistakes in the paper.
    • Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at thoroughly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at thoroughly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at thoroughly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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