thoroughness

English

Etymology

From thorough +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθʌɹənəs/, /ˈθʌɹəʊnəs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθʌɹoʊnəs/, /ˈθɜɹoʊnəs/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

thoroughness (usually uncountable, plural thoroughnesses)

  1. The state of being thorough.
  2. Attention to detail.
    • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
      Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings.

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