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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thoroughgoing  \Thor"ough*go`ing\,  a. 
  1.  Going  through  or  to  the  end  or  bottom;  very  thorough; 
  complete. 
 
  2.  Going  all  lengths;  extreme;  thoroughplaced;  --  less  common 
  in  this  sense 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thoroughgoing 
  adj  1:  very  thorough;  exhaustively  complete;  "an  exhaustive  study"; 
  "made  a  thorough  search";  "thoroughgoing  research" 
  [syn:  {exhaustive},  {thorough}] 
  2:  without  qualification;  used  informally  as  (often  pejorative) 
  intensifiers;  "an  arrant  fool";  "a  complete  coward";  "a 
  consummate  fool";  "a  double-dyed  villain";  "gross 
  negligence";  "a  perfect  idiot";  "pure  folly";  "what  a 
  sodding  mess";  "stark  staring  mad";  "a  thoroughgoing 
  villain";  "utter  nonsense"  [syn:  {arrant(a)},  {complete(a)}, 
  {consummate(a)},  {double-dyed(a)},  {everlasting(a)},  {gross(a)}, 
  {perfect(a)},  {pure(a)},  {sodding(a)},  {stark(a)},  {staring(a)}, 
  {thoroughgoing(a)},  {utter(a)}] 




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