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thoroughgoing

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thor·ough·go·ing  (thûr-gng, thûr-, thr-)
adj.
1. Very thorough; complete: thoroughgoing research.
2. Unmitigated; unqualified: a thoroughgoing villain.
thoroughgoing
Adjective
1. extremely thorough
2. absolute or complete: a thoroughgoing hatred
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Adj.1.thoroughgoing - performed comprehensively and completely; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research"
exhaustive, thorough
complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
2.thoroughgoing - without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "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 thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
arrant, double-dyed, sodding, utter, unadulterated, staring, perfect, pure, everlasting, consummate, complete, stark, gross
unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"
Translations

thoroughgoing [ˈθʌrəgəuɪŋ] adj → a fondo
thoroughgoing [ˈθʌrəgəuɪŋ] adj [analysis] → approfondi(e); [reform] → profond(e)
thoroughgoing [ˈθʌrəgəuɪŋ] adj [changes, reform] → grundlegend; [investigation] → gründlich
thoroughgoing [ˈθʌrəgəuɪŋ] adj [analysis] → approfondito/a; [reform] → totale


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The most thoroughgoing of all distinctions in literature, as in the other Fine Arts, is that between (1) Substance, the essential content and meaning of the work, and (2) Form, the manner in which it is expressed (including narrative structure, external style, in poetry verse-form, and many related matters).
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
Here is a meek, righteous, thoroughgoing Christian, who, having mastered all these qualities, so difficult of attainment; who, having dropped a pinch of salt on the tails of all the cardinal virtues, and caught them every one; makes light of their possession, and pants for more morality.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
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