Thoroughly vs Radically - What's the difference?
thoroughly | radically |
In a thorough or complete manner.
In a radical manner; fundamentally; very.
* 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]
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* 1788 , Jonathan Edwards, in a report to the Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciences:
As adverbs the difference between thoroughly and radically
is that thoroughly is in a thorough or complete manner while radically is in a radical manner; fundamentally; very.thoroughly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.
Synonyms
* but good, in spadesradically
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- two radically different political groups
- The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.
- "Clot" and "clod" are radically the same word.
- This [Algonquian] language [family] is spoken by all the Indians throughout New England. Every tribe, as that of Stockbridge, that of Farmington, that of New London, &c. has a different dialect [i.e. language], but the language [family] is radically the same.