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thoroughly adverb 1. carefully, completely, fully, comprehensively, sweepingly, efficiently, inside out, meticulously, painstakingly, scrupulously, assiduously, intensively, from top to bottom, conscientiously, exhaustively, leaving no stone unturned a thoroughly researched and illuminating biography carefully carelessly, haphazardly, half-heartedly, sloppily, cursorily, lackadaisically 2. fully, completely, throughout, inside out, through and through Food must be reheated thoroughly. 3. completely, quite, totally, perfectly, entirely, absolutely, utterly, to the full, downright, to the hilt, without reservation We returned home thoroughly contented. completely partly, somewhat, in part, superficially, imperfectly, incompletely Translations thoroughly [ˈθʌrəlɪ] ADV 1. (= meticulously) [clean, rinse] → a fondo, a conciencia; [search, check] → a fondo; [research] → minuciosamente, meticulosamente; [mix] → bien they examined me thoroughly (Med) → me hicieron un reconocimiento a fondo or a conciencia to know sth thoroughly → conocer algo a fondo 2. (= utterly) 2.1. (with verb) [understand] → plenamente, a la perfección; [deserve] → totalmente; [discredit] → totalmente, por completo he thoroughly enjoyed himself → se divirtió muchísimo, se lo pasó en grande 2.2. (with adj) [enjoyable, unpleasant, miserable] → realmente, verdaderamente; [modern] → totalmente a thoroughly bad influence → una influencia realmente mala that was a thoroughly stupid thing to do → hacer eso fue una completa estupidez thoroughly [ˈθʌrəli] adv (= meticulously) [examine, research] → minutieusement, en profondeur; [prepare, wash, clean] → à fond; [search] → de fond en comble a thoroughly researched and illuminating biography → une biographie éclairante et minutieusement documentée Police searched the premises thoroughly → La police a fouillé les lieux de fond en comble. (= completely) [enjoy] → vraiment; [approve, understand] → tout à fait, absolument; [miserable, enjoyable, unpleasant] → vraiment; [convinced] → tout à fait We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves → Nous nous sommes vraiment bien amusés. I was thoroughly ashamed of myself → J'avais vraiment honte. He thoroughly agreed → Il était tout à fait d'accord. thoroughly adv (= extremely) → durch und durch, von Grund auf; convinced → völlig, vollkommen; we thoroughly enjoyed our meal → wir haben unser Essen von Herzen genossen; I thoroughly enjoyed myself → es hat mir aufrichtig Spaß gemacht; I thoroughly agree → ich stimme voll und ganz zu; I’m thoroughly ashamed → ich schäme mich zutiefst, ich bin zutiefst beschämt; a thoroughly nasty person → ein Scheusal durch und durch; thoroughly modern → durch und durch modern; thoroughly boring → ausgesprochen langweilig thoroughly [ˈθʌrəlɪ] adv a. (with vb, agree) → completamente; (understand) → perfettamente; (search, clean) → accuratamente, minuziosamente, a fondo she thoroughly agreed → fu completamente d'accordo b. (with adj, very) → assolutamente thoroughly clean → completamente pulito/a a thoroughly unpleasant person → una persona assolutamente antipatica Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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