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Definition of "throughly" [through•ly]

  • Archaic Thoroughly. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "throughly" in a sentence
  • "When the Lord washes a soul it is "throughly" done, and every strand is white in holiness."
  • "I know because GTMO, Abu Ghraib, and Bagram had been throughly investigated."
  • "I think all of us have to be very careful and conscious about our guns and gun safety, no matter how old are kids are, and how throughly, and repeatedly, we train them."
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