Thorough
adjective
1.
executed without negligence or omissions:
a thorough search.
2.
complete; perfect; utter:
thorough enjoyment.
3.
extremely attentive to accuracy and detail; painstaking:
a thorough worker; a thorough analysis.
4.
having full command or mastery of an art, talent, etc.:
a thorough actress.
5.
extending or passing through.
adverb, preposition
6.
Archaic. through.
noun
7.
(initial capital letter) English History. the administrative policies of the Earl of Stafford and Archbishop Laud during the reign of Charles I: so called because they were uncompromisingly carried out.
adjective
1.
carried out completely and carefully: a thorough search
2.
(prenominal) utter: a thorough bore
3.
painstakingly careful: my work is thorough
noun
1.
thoroughgoing policy, as adopted in England by Strafford and Laud during the reign of Charles I
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