No Matter How You Say It: Thoroughness
Word Origin
“Middle English thoro, thorow, “perfect, complete,” mid-13c., a two-syllable stressed form of thurgh “passing or cutting all the way through,” which is an adverb (represented by modern through, “from end to end, from side to side”) used as an adjective.
Word Origin from Etymology Online
Can you see how thoroughness is going all the way through?
Sign Language
can you see how the sign reflects the word origin of going all the way through?
can you see how incomplete is NOT going through?
Thoroughness Idioms
A stickler for detail
Be a perfectionist
Be a stickler for the rules
Be on top of things
Comb over something with a fine-tooth comb
Cover all the bases
Do a deep dive
Dot your i’s and cross your t’s
Down to the last detail
Go the extra mile
Have everything in its place
Know inside and out
Leave no room for doubt
Leave no stone unturned
Meticulous to a fault
Nitpicking
Not miss a beat
Run a tight ship
The devil is in the details
To the letter
In Other Words
Comprehensive
Detailed
Exhaustive
Meticulous
Painstaking
Fastidious
