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# thoroughly

adverb

«thoroughly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Thoroughly means carefully and completely, so nothing is missed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#m1)
2. Thoroughly means very much or totally: «thoroughly enjoyed». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#m2)

### In the lessons

In safety and health lessons: «wash your hands thoroughly», «cook chicken thoroughly». In school: «check your work thoroughly». In everyday talk it adds strength: «I thoroughly enjoyed the trip», «thoroughly fed up».

### Examples

- Wash your hands thoroughly with soap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x1)
- Cook the chicken thoroughly before eating it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x2)
- Read the question thoroughly before you answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x3)
- We thoroughly enjoyed the school trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x4)
- The police searched the house thoroughly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x5)
- Rinse the paintbrush thoroughly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x6)
- I was thoroughly soaked by the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x7)
- The beautiful princess was thoroughly deceived. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/#x8)

### Note

Spelling trap: thoroughly (from «thorough»), not «throughly» or «thoughly». Said «THUR-uh-lee». Adjective: thorough; noun: thoroughness.

## In Jewish tradition

In safety and health lessons: «wash your hands thoroughly», «cook chicken thoroughly». In school: «check your work thoroughly». In everyday talk it adds strength: «I thoroughly enjoyed the trip», «thoroughly fed up».

### Examples

- And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. (Torah GEN.11.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thoroughly/#x1)
- if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. (Torah EXO.21.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thoroughly/#x2)
- Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. (Writings PSA.51.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thoroughly/#x3)
- Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour; (Prophets JER.7.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thoroughly/#x4)
- Thus saith the LORD of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel; turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer upon the shoots. (Prophets JER.6.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thoroughly/#x5)

### Note

Spelling trap: thoroughly (from «thorough»), not «throughly» or «thoughly». Said «THUR-uh-lee». Adjective: thorough; noun: thoroughness.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thoroughly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thoroughly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thoroughly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thoroughly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «thoroughly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thoroughly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thoroughly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/thoroughly.html) on Mova free.