English Explanatory Dictionary

exhaustively

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In an exhaustive manner.

Pronunciation

/ɛɡˈzɔː.stɪv.li/ /ɛɡˈzɑ.stɪv.li/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-exhaustively.wav

Word forms

exhaustively more exhaustively most exhaustively

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin exhaustīvusbor. English exhaustive Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English exhaustively From exhaustive + -ly.

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