exhaustive
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.ex·haus·tive
adjective \ig-ˈzȯ-stiv\Definition of EXHAUSTIVE
: testing all possibilities or considering all elements : thorough <conducted an exhaustive investigation>
— ex·haus·tive·ly adverb
— ex·haus·tive·ness noun
— ex·haus·tiv·i·ty \-ˌzȯ-ˈsti-və-tē\ noun
See Examples of EXHAUSTIVE
- The list was long but not exhaustive.
- <after an exhaustive search of our house, we still hadn't found the cat>
First Known Use of EXHAUSTIVE
circa 1789
Related to EXHAUSTIVE
- Synonyms
- all-out, clean, complete, comprehensive, full-scale, out-and-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total
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