Adverb: thoroughly thur-u-lee or thur-ow-lee [N. Amer], thú-ru-lee [Brit]
- In an exhaustive manner
"we searched the files thoroughly";
- exhaustively
- Completely and absolutely
"he was thoroughly defeated";
- soundly, good [N. Amer], proper
- Used as an intensifier
"He thoroughly enjoyed the concert";
- very, really, real [N. Amer, informal], rattling [informal], cracking [Brit, informal], dirty [Brit, informal], mucho [informal], rotten [informal], massively [informal], jolly [Brit, informal], magnificently, splendidly, awesomely [informal], tremendously [informal]