Antonyms for thoroughly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : thur-uh-lee, thuhr‐

Phonetic Transcription : ˈθɜr ə li, ˈθʌr‐

Definition of thoroughly

adv exhaustively
adv utterly

Example sentences :

I know him so thoroughly that I could see things that you girls couldn't.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

That these books have not been thoroughly revised and made to agree.
Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza

If fish is to be cooked by steaming, first clean it thoroughly.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Sidney was thoroughly angry by this time, angry and reckless.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

"You 'tend to your own business," cried the thoroughly enraged farmer.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

I tell you this because it is necessary that you should know me thoroughly.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

You and every other boy in your classes ought to thoroughly ashamed of yourselves.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Whatever Chip did he did thoroughly, with no slurring of detail.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

He was thoroughly disgusted with her—or he would be, if she would only stop looking like that.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

So they enjoyed most thoroughly this true possession from a distance.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for thoroughly

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