SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
exhaustively
adverb
Thoroughly and with all relevant details considered.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
With complete thoroughness
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Usage distinction
Return to topExhaustively stresses complete coverage. Systematically describes an orderly method that may still leave gaps, while painstakingly stresses care and effort.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See exhaustively in use
The librarian searched the catalog exhaustively before declaring the book missing.
Maia examined the supplied records exhaustively, reading all six notebooks and both sheets before deciding which details belonged in her account.
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