Dead
Dead adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Usage example: I'm dead certain that's the one I want
Thoroughly is a synonym for dead in big topic. In some cases you can use "Thoroughly" instead an adverb "Dead", when it comes to topics like completely, exactly.
Nearby Word: deadly
Thoroughly
Thoroughly adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Usage example: I am thoroughly satisfied with her explanation of the events of that evening
Dead is a synonym for thoroughly in big topic. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead an adverb "Thoroughly".
Nearby Words: thorough, thoroughness
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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As coroner I must aver I've thoroughly examined her And she's not only merely dead, She's really most sincerely dead
Source: Only Mostly Dead - Other subjects covered like astrology, dowsing, communicating with the dead, the predictions of Nostradamus, etc have been thoroughly discredited as utter nonsense by modern scientific skeptics.
Source: Series / In Search Of -
As coroner, I must aver, I thoroughly examined her And she's not only merely dead, She's really most sincerely dead!
Source: The Coroner
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