Adverb

(en adverb)

(rare)

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, year=1915 , year_published=1915 , journal=Proceedings of the IRE , editor=Alfred N. Goldsmith , author=Irving Langmuir , title=The Pure Electron Discharge and Its Applications in Radio Telegraphy and Telephony , volume=3 , issue=3 citation , genre= , publisher=The Institute of Radio Engineers , page=269 , passage=It was also necessary to free the glass surfaces very much more thoroly from gas than had been thought necessary previously. }}

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, year=1916 , year_published=2007 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=William J. Robinson, MD , title=Birth Control or the Limitation of Offspring , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Wildside Press , isbn=9781434496195 , page=150 , passage=But there are now not a few well-to-do, well-known and influential men and women who thoroly believe that teaching the poor ... }}

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, year=1920 , year_published=2004 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Arthur E. Bostwick, PhD , title=Librarian's Open Shelf Essays on Various Subjects , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=We can scarcely expect that each of our five hundred assistants should be thoroly imbued with the spirit of helpfulness toward the schools or even that they should perfectly understand what we desire and aim to do. }}

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, year=1983 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Robert Simon , title=Percy Grainger: The Pictorial Biography , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=GIA Publications , isbn=9780878752812 , page= , passage=Swedish and German Ellan and I can easily teah you (if you care to learn them), which would set you up thoroly' on the language side. Music I will develop you in ' thoroly , if you care to work with me. }}

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, year=2003 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=NW Walker , title=Raw Vegetable Juices: What's Missing in Your Body , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Health Research Books , isbn=9780787313388 , page=68 , passage=It is, therefore, of extreme importance to clean the vegetables thoroly … }}

Adverb

(en adverb)

In a thorough or complete manner.

He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.