thoroughly
/ˈθʌrəli/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈθʌrəli/
thoroughly
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tho - roug - hly -> thoroughly
Myanmar meaning
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thorough /'θʌrǝ; US also 'θʌrǝƱ/ adj
၁။ (က) မခြွင်းမချန်။ အစုံအစေ့။ အကုန်အစင်။ သေတ္တာမှောက်။ အိတ်သွန်ဖာမှောက်။ give the room a thorough cleaning ❍ have a thorough knowledge/ understanding of the subject ❍ We aim to provide a thorough training in all aspects of the work.
(ခ) စေ့စပ်သေချာ (သူ)။ He's a slow worker but very thorough.
၂။ (derog ) ကမ်းကုန်အောင်။ That woman is a thorough nuisance.
❏ thoroughly adv စေ့စေ့စပ်စပ်။ ကမ်းကုန်အောင်။ လုံးလုံး လျားလျား။ The work had not been done very thoroughly. ❍ He's a thoroughly nasty person.
❏ thoroughness n [U] စေ့စပ်သေချာမှု။
More examples
- The key to a good interview is thorough preparation.
- [a thorough understanding/knowledge] : She has a thorough understanding of the business.
- [a thorough investigation/examination/search] : A thorough and painstaking investigation by the police
- The doctor was very thorough and asked lots of questions.
- It’s all a thorough nuisance.
Synonyms
methodical, careful, systematic, painstaking, meticulous, scrupulous, detailed, comprehensive, exhaustive, thoroughgoing, absolute, accurate, all-encompassing, arrant, complete, consummate, exact, extreme, finished, full, in-depth, ingrained, intensive, out-and-out, profound, straight-out, thoroughly, total, unmitigated, utter
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