exhaustively

1. 1.

   in an exhaustive manner

   “we searched the files thoroughly”

   Synonymsthoroughly

Questions about exhaustively

What does exhaustively mean?

exhaustively means "in an exhaustive manner".

How many syllables are in exhaustively?

exhaustively has 4 syllables: ex-hau-stive-ly. The stress falls on "hau". In IPA it is /ɪɡˈzɑstɪvli/.

What is another word for exhaustively?

Close synonyms include thoroughly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exhaustively a common word?

exhaustively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.