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Meanings of thoroughgoing in English

Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.

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Performed comprehensively and completely.

Usage of thoroughgoing in English
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Only the National Government can in thoroughgoing fashion exercise the needed control.
State of the Union Addresses
2
And therefore they made it their object to extol practical, thoroughgoing reforms.
The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)
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Partly, I think, by not being overly concerned with logic and thoroughgoing consistency.
The Guardian
4
Yes, decidedly, he was no classicist in music; he was a thoroughgoing transcendentalist.
Crome Yellow
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For suddenness and thoroughgoing completeness the Gaston bubble-bursting was a record-breaker.
The Grafters
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He was one of my churchwardens, a capital fellow, so thoroughgoing and reliable.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
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For the Sergeant was a thoroughgoing fellow quite incapable of a divided interest.
The Window-Gazer
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They continued to insist that only thoroughgoing reforms can solve the Jewish question.
The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)
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There is no more thoroughgoing snob, in certain ways, than a high-bred dog.
Further Adventures of Lad
10
For society as a whole, a thoroughgoing eugenic program must include:
How to Live: Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science
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The thoroughgoing character of this helplessness suggests, however, some compensating power.
Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ed...
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She was not thoroughbred, but she had tried to be thoroughgoing.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
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At last I came to the conclusion... that I was a thoroughgoing scamp.
The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy
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Any other organisation would face a thoroughgoing investigation from the outside.
The Guardian
15
Democracy believes in education, but has not commonly the patience to make education thoroughgoing.
Modern Religious Cults and Movements
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If I am aristocratic in my preferences, I am also a pretty thoroughgoing American.
Senator North
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Thoroughgoing through the time
Thoroughgoing across language varieties
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