exhaustive
English
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editexhaustive (comparative more exhaustive, superlative most exhaustive)
- Including every possible element: fully comprehensive.
- Synonym: all-encompassing
- Hypernyms: thorough, comprehensive; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive
- We made an exhaustive list.
- (now rare) Causing exhaustion; very tiring
- Synonyms: tiring, weariful; see also Thesaurus:fatiguing
- 1878, John Henry Blunt, The Reformation of the Church of England: A. D. 1514-1547, page 98:
- Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court.
- 2013, Gloria Linkey, Native American Women: Three Who Changed History:
- Chopping and hauling wood was exhaustive work. Scraping the flesh off the heavy hides and hanging them to dry also taxed her physical strength.
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editincluding every possible element
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French
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edit- IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zos.tiv/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: exhaustives
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editexhaustive
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