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thorough
adjective
Painstakingly careful and accurate
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ˈθʌɹə
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adjective
Painstakingly careful and accurate
“Our accountant is thorough”
adjective
Performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial
“An exhaustive study”
adjective
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
“An arrant fool”
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Our accountant is thorough
Thorough research
An exhaustive study
Made a thorough search
Thoroughgoing research
An arrant fool
A complete coward
A consummate fool
A double-dyed villain
Gross negligence
A perfect idiot
Pure folly
What a sodding mess
Stark staring mad
A thorough nuisance
A thoroughgoing villain
Utter nonsense
The unadulterated truth
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