Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
General-American, Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/
Play
/ˈθɜɹ.ə.li/
US, hurry–furry merger
Play
California:
hurry-furry
Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Play
South-Asia:
/t̪həˈroli/
Play
South-Asia:
/ˈt̪hərəli/
Play
CMU ARPABET:
TH ER1 OW0 L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
Play
In a thorough or complete manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched. The editor looked thoroughly for any mistakes in the paper.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
in an exhaustive manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
we searched the files thoroughly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exhaustively
Antonyms: none provided
completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he was soundly defeated we beat him good
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soundly, good
Antonyms: none provided
Across languages
Translations 52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
напълно
(napǎlno)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Bulgarian :
съвсем
(sǎvsem)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Catalan :
completament
— in a thorough or complete manner
Catalan :
exhaustivament
— in a thorough or complete manner
Czech :
důkladně
— in a thorough or complete manner
Dutch :
grondig
— in a thorough or complete manner
Dutch :
volledig
— in a thorough or complete manner
Dutch :
door en door
— in a thorough or complete manner
Esperanto :
komplete
— in a thorough or complete manner
Finnish :
perusteellisesti
— in a thorough or complete manner
Finnish :
kauttaaltaan
— in a thorough or complete manner
Finnish :
läpikotaisin
— in a thorough or complete manner
French :
absolument
— in a thorough or complete manner
French :
complètement
— in a thorough or complete manner
Galician :
completamente
— in a thorough or complete manner
Galician :
a fondo
— in a thorough or complete manner
German :
gründlich
— in a thorough or complete manner
German :
vollkommen
— in a thorough or complete manner
German :
total
— in a thorough or complete manner
German :
durch und durch
— in a thorough or complete manner
Hungarian :
alaposan
— in a thorough or complete manner
Hungarian :
tüzetesen
— in a thorough or complete manner
Ido :
komplete
— in a thorough or complete manner
Italian :
completamente
— in a thorough or complete manner
Italian :
totalmente
— in a thorough or complete manner
Italian :
assolutamente
— in a thorough or complete manner
Norwegian Bokmål :
grundig
— in a thorough or complete manner
Norwegian Nynorsk :
grundig
— in a thorough or complete manner
Old English :
deoplice
— in a thorough or complete manner
Plautdietsch :
dichtich
— in a thorough or complete manner
Polish :
doszczętnie
— in a thorough or complete manner
Polish :
gruntownie
— in a thorough or complete manner
Portuguese :
a fundo
— in a thorough or complete manner
Portuguese :
completamente
— in a thorough or complete manner
Russian :
тща́тельно
(tščátelʹno)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Russian :
основа́тельно
(osnovátelʹno)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Russian :
доскона́льно
(doskonálʹno)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Russian :
по́лностью
(pólnostʹju)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Russian :
вполне́
(vpolné)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Russian :
соверше́нно
(soveršénno)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Russian :
совсе́м
(sovsém)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Spanish :
cabalmente
— in a thorough or complete manner
Spanish :
a cabalidad
— in a thorough or complete manner
Spanish :
detenidamente
— in a thorough or complete manner
Spanish :
a rajatabla
— in a thorough or complete manner
Spanish :
al cabal
— in a thorough or complete manner
Turkish :
enine boyuna
— in a thorough or complete manner
Ukrainian :
цілкови́то
(cilkovýto)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Ukrainian :
пи́льно
(pýlʹno)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Ukrainian :
рете́льно
(retélʹno)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Ukrainian :
стара́нно
(staránno)
— in a thorough or complete manner
Uzbek :
yaxshilab
— in a thorough or complete manner
