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adjective

Thorough adj.

Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house. (Obs.)

Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.

noun

Thorough n. A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water. (Prov. Eng.)

adverb

Thorough adv.

Thoroughly. (Obs. or Colloq.)

Through. (Obs.)

preposition

Thorough prep. Through. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Thorough'

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"Thorough" Quotes from Famous Books

... the ringleaders, a great murmur arose among the crowd, of which, however, the herald took no heed, but rode on to the horse-market, where he likewise read the proclamation, and so on through the principal thorough-fares. Then he returned to the grass-market, but lo! not a soul was to be seen; the crowds had all dispersed, and quietness reigned everywhere. Whereupon the herald rode joyfully to the horse-market, to see ...

— Sidonia The Sorceress V2 • William Mienhold

... Many the foolish seem, the wise seem few. Oh foolishest fond folly of a heart Divided, neither here nor there at rest! That hankers after Heaven, but clings to earth; That neither here nor there knows thorough mirth, Half-choosing, wholly missing, the good part:— Oh fool among the foolish, ...

— Poems • Christina G. Rossetti

... counterfeit of Montaigne's individuality, will now, we hope, be convinced by vouchers drawn from dramas published in 1604 and 1605, and which are in the closest connection with that controversy. We intend partly making a thorough examination of, partly consulting in a cursory manner, ...

— Shakspere And Montaigne • Jacob Feis

... psychological investigations into the phenomena of religious feeling are so thorough and original, describes the sense we have of the presence of these unseen Powers in a very interesting and curious way. He points out that the feeling we experience at such moments is that there exists below the level of our ...

— The Complex Vision • John Cowper Powys

... held James from action; they had now made action even less possible by supplying a fresh ground of quarrel with the House of Commons. Had the match been likely to secure the conversion of England, or even a thorough toleration for Catholics, it might have been possible to consent to the union of a Spanish princess with a heretic. But neither result seemed probable: and the Spanish Court saw no gain in such a union ...

— History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) - Puritan England, 1603-1660 • John Richard Green

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