thoroughness

thorough | American Dictionary

thorough
adjective
us/ˈθɜr·oʊ, ˈθʌr-/

thoroughadjective (COMPLETE)

with nothing left out or omitted; complete:
The district attorney’s office conducted a thorough investigation.
The doctor gave him a thorough medical examination.

thoroughadjective (VERY GREAT)

[ not gradable ]
(used for emphasis) very great:
The meeting was a thorough waste of time.

Examples of thorough

thorough
The first function of this book, which is performed in an admirably thorough and accessible manner, is to provide an introduction to this literature.
The competence of the adjustment mechanism under managed floating was given a thorough testing by the oil shocks of 1973- 74 and 1979- 80.
What makes the work scientific is the care taken to avoid error, to be thorough and exhaustive, and to check and recheck all findings.
The content is as thorough as the fact of the book's existence is valuable.
I would, however, have liked to see a more thorough discussion of the data underlying his general hypothesis.
A more thorough analysis offers some nuances without fundamentally contradicting the hypothesis.
His innovations appear modest today: he wrote frequently for the emerging popular press and was remarkably thorough and efficient in his recordkeeping.
I think the volume presents a clear, thorough, and valuable contribution to the literature on water supply systems.
In this way we aim to develop a thorough theoretical understanding whereby the processes involved may be optimised.
The book lacks a comprehensive treatment of each of the possible solutions, but then a thorough analysis of each issue is not its objective.
Based on a thorough study of the hyperbolicity for the general case, we derive a clear mathematical structure of the system.
Although a thorough evaluation across all sectors of society is possible, it is expected that individual opinion will vary considerably.
Neither section limits itself to a synthesis, even a thorough one, of the research works available.
The different national cultures of the cold war prevented more thorough and wide-ranging discussions.
Let us briefly recall the definition of (see for thorough treatments).
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