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thoroughnesses

thoroughnesses is the plural of thoroughness.

Meaning of thoroughness

Noun

thoroughness (usually uncountable, plural thoroughnesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being thorough.
  2. (usually) Attention to detail.
    • Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC

Questions about thoroughnesses

What is thoroughnesses the plural of?
Thoroughnesses is the plural of thoroughness.

Words near thoroughnesses in the dictionary

  1. thoroughgoingness
  2. thoroughlane
  3. thoroughlanes
  4. thoroughly
  5. thoroughness
  6. thoroughnesses
  7. thoroughpaced
  8. thoroughpass
  9. thoroughpasses
  10. thoroughpin
  11. thoroughpins

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