thoroughly

Everyday

1. Thoroughly means carefully and completely, so nothing is missed. tree →
2. Thoroughly means very much or totally: «thoroughly enjoyed». tree →

In the lessons

In safety and health lessons: «wash your hands thoroughly», «cook chicken thoroughly». In school: «check your work thoroughly». In everyday talk it adds strength: «I thoroughly enjoyed the trip», «thoroughly fed up».

Examples

• Wash your hands thoroughly with soap. tree →
• Cook the chicken thoroughly before eating it. tree →
• Read the question thoroughly before you answer. tree →
• We thoroughly enjoyed the school trip. tree →
• The police searched the house thoroughly. tree →
• Rinse the paintbrush thoroughly. tree →
• I was thoroughly soaked by the rain. tree →
• The beautiful princess was thoroughly deceived. tree →

Note

Spelling trap: thoroughly (from «thorough»), not «throughly» or «thoughly». Said «THUR-uh-lee». Adjective: thorough; noun: thoroughness.

In Jewish tradition

In safety and health lessons: «wash your hands thoroughly», «cook chicken thoroughly». In school: «check your work thoroughly». In everyday talk it adds strength: «I thoroughly enjoyed the trip», «thoroughly fed up».

Examples

• And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. (Torah GEN.11.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. (Torah EXO.21.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. (Writings PSA.51.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour; (Prophets JER.7.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thus saith the LORD of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel; turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer upon the shoots. (Prophets JER.6.9, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Spelling trap: thoroughly (from «thorough»), not «throughly» or «thoughly». Said «THUR-uh-lee». Adjective: thorough; noun: thoroughness.