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exhaustive
adjective ex·haus·tive \ig-ˈzȯ-stiv\
: including all possibilities : very thorough
Full Definition of EXHAUSTIVE
: including all possibilities : thorough <conducted an exhaustive search>
— ex·haus·tive·ly adverb
— ex·haus·tive·ness noun
— ex·haus·tiv·i·ty \-ˌzȯ-ˈsti-və-tē\ noun
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First Known Use of EXHAUSTIVE
circa 1789
Related to EXHAUSTIVE
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- all-out, clean, complete, comprehensive, full-scale, out-and-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total
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