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Considerably vs Throughly - What's the difference?

considerably | throughly |

As adverbs the difference between considerably and throughly

is that considerably is significantly; to a degree worth considering while throughly is thoroughly, completely.

considerably

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Significantly; to a degree worth considering.
    • The situation has improved considerably .
    The situation is considerably better.

    throughly

    English

    Alternative forms

    * thruly

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Thoroughly, completely.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , II.7:
    • The whiles he steru'd with hunger and with drouth / He daily dyde, yet neuer throughly dyen couth.
  • * c. 1610 , (William Shakespeare), , III.2:
    • The next advantage / Will we take throughly .
  • * :
    • Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, / And cleanse me from my sin.