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[ UK /θˈʌɹənəs/ ]
[ UK /θˈʌɹənəs/ ]
NOUN
- conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task
How To Use thoroughness In A Sentence
- For he took a genuine interest in his pupils; and, in that first year of his teaching, carried his class to surprising lengths, nor let them betray any evidences of unthoroughness when they went trembling up to the examinations provided by the great Anton himself, in the mid-year term. The Genius
- In external beauty, in paper, type, presswork, and binding, and all that belongs to solid and elegant book-making, the volume is a fine specimen of German skill, good taste, and thoroughness. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 10, March 10, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
- He approaches the subject with thoroughness and a distinct effort to reduce its apparent complexity to simpler, actionable concepts.
- Such exercises encourage thoroughness, both in interrogating the data at hand and in providing an account of how an analysis was developed.
- A talented writer with an insatiable curiosity and a legendary dedication to thoroughness, she was also incredibly intelligent and drop-dead gorgeous to boot.
- The safety of air travel hangs partly on the thoroughness of baggage checking.
- That fall, he campaigned harder than was necessary against his foredoomed Republican opponent, in what was widely seen as a sign of his thoroughness. Chicago, get ready for Rahm Emanuel's charm offensive
- He could tell to a dot the average wage or salary earned by the householders of any locality, and he made it a point of thoroughness to know every locality from the waterfront slums to the aristocratic Lake THE PRODIGAL FATHER
- At this session we have had confrontation , thus attaining clarity and thoroughness in our thinking.
- All Huxley's work was marked by a quality which may be called conscientiousness or thoroughness. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work