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toothcombing

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Of an analysis, a search, etc.: very thorough; detailed.

Examples

“Gladstone's toothcombing analysis of what the poems said and—sometimes even more importantly—what they did not say⟳ thus led him to remarkable discoveries about the cultural world of the ancient Greeks.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

toothed toothful toothier toothiest toothless toothleted

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