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Meaning of thoroly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B1

Definitions

Alternative spelling of thoroughly.

alt-of, alternative, rare

Examples

“It was also necessary to free the glass surfaces very much more thoroly from gas than had been thought necessary previously.”
“But there are now not a few well-to-do, well-known and influential men and women who thoroly believe that teaching the poor ...”
“Thoroly disgusted by now, he straightened up one night, tube in hand, his eye searching the particular spot on the wall where it would give the greatest satisfaction to shatter the offending bulb.”
“We can scarcely expect that each of our five hundred assistants should be thoroly imbued with the spirit of helpfulness toward the schools or even that they should perfectly understand what we desire and aim to do.”
“Swedish and German Ellan and I can easily teah you (if you care to learn them), which would set you up thoroly on the language side. Music I will develop you in thoroly, if you care to work with me.”
“Kenneth Helrich (1990), Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists: “Mix thoroly, shake occasionally during 10 min. and filter thru dry folded paper, discarding first few mL filtrate. [Note the use of "thru," another phonetic spelling proposed by the American National Education Association.]””
“It is, therefore, of extreme importance to clean the vegetables thoroly …”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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