Thoroughgoing
adjective
Completely and entirely; giving detailed attention to every part.
She is a thoroughgoing professional who never leaves any work unfinished.

Often appears as...
- thoroughgoing professional
- thoroughgoing examination
adjective
Severe or extreme in behavior or actions.
Despite his thoroughgoing efforts, the project was still delayed.

Often appears as...
- thoroughgoing efforts
- thoroughgoing seriousness
adjective
Completely and entirely; giving detailed attention to every part.
She is a thoroughgoing professional who never leaves any work unfinished.

Often appears as...
- thoroughgoing professional
- thoroughgoing examination
adjective
Severe or extreme in behavior or actions.
Despite his thoroughgoing efforts, the project was still delayed.

Often appears as...
- thoroughgoing efforts
- thoroughgoing seriousness
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Total Commitment
Use 'thoroughgoing' to show commitment to completing tasks with high standards.

As a thoroughgoing detective, she checked every single clue.
Attention to Detail
Describes someone who's very detailed and leaves nothing unfinished.

His thoroughgoing analysis caught all the discrepancies.
No Half Measures
'Thoroughgoing' stress that all parts of something are dealt with.

The renovation was a thoroughgoing process, revamping every room.
Total Commitment
Use 'thoroughgoing' to show commitment to completing tasks with high standards.

As a thoroughgoing detective, she checked every single clue.
Attention to Detail
Describes someone who's very detailed and leaves nothing unfinished.

His thoroughgoing analysis caught all the discrepancies.
No Half Measures
'Thoroughgoing' stress that all parts of something are dealt with.

The renovation was a thoroughgoing process, revamping every room.
Total Commitment
Use 'thoroughgoing' to show commitment to completing tasks with high standards.

As a thoroughgoing detective, she checked every single clue.
Attention to Detail
Describes someone who's very detailed and leaves nothing unfinished.

His thoroughgoing analysis caught all the discrepancies.
No Half Measures
'Thoroughgoing' stress that all parts of something are dealt with.

The renovation was a thoroughgoing process, revamping every room.
Quote examples
Kim Jong-un
North Korean Leader
The agricultural working people should be imbued with a thoroughgoing faith in socialism and steadfast anti-imperialist and class consciousness so that they can regard our style of socialism as their life and soul, love it ardently, and fight staunchly against the imperialists' moves for ideological and cultural infiltration.

Quote examples
Martin Filler
American Critic
Masterpieces of art possess immense potential to advance a worldview that could help assuage the societal terrors posed by globalization, the most thoroughgoing socioeconomic upheaval since the Industrial Revolution, which has set off a pandemic of retrogressive nationalism, regional separatism, and religious extremism.

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Murray Rothbard
American Economist
The most famous and one of the most thoroughgoing opponents of bank credit was Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson reacted to the panic of 1819 as a confirmation of his pessimistic views on banks.

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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
A clear lesson of history is that a 'sine qua non' for sustained economic recovery following a financial crisis is a thoroughgoing repair of the financial system.

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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

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Kim Jong-un
North Korean Leader
The agricultural working people should be imbued with a thoroughgoing faith in socialism and steadfast anti-imperialist and class consciousness so that they can regard our style of socialism as their life and soul, love it ardently, and fight staunchly against the imperialists' moves for ideological and cultural infiltration.

Quote examples
Martin Filler
American Critic
Masterpieces of art possess immense potential to advance a worldview that could help assuage the societal terrors posed by globalization, the most thoroughgoing socioeconomic upheaval since the Industrial Revolution, which has set off a pandemic of retrogressive nationalism, regional separatism, and religious extremism.

Quote examples
Murray Rothbard
American Economist
The most famous and one of the most thoroughgoing opponents of bank credit was Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson reacted to the panic of 1819 as a confirmation of his pessimistic views on banks.

Quote examples
Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
A clear lesson of history is that a 'sine qua non' for sustained economic recovery following a financial crisis is a thoroughgoing repair of the financial system.

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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

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