Thorough
Thorough adjective - Trying all possibilities.
Usage example: a thorough search of the building that turned up no evidence of a bomb
Wide and thorough are semantically related in comprehensive topic. In some cases you can use "Wide" instead an adjective "Thorough".
Nearby Words: thoroughly, thoroughness
Wide
Wide adjective - Having a greater than usual measure across.
Thorough and wide are semantically related in comprehensive topic. Sometimes you can use "Thorough" instead an adjective "Wide".
Nearby Word: widely
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The end result depends somewhat on the route: His idealism remains unscathed in the first route, he chucks away the 'Wide-Eyed' part after a thorough examination of his ideal in the second route, and chucks away it all as meaningless to who he really is in the third.
Source: Wide-Eyed Idealist - His teachers also gave him a thorough grounding in a wide variety of academic fields which are useful in his profession, including (but not limited to) magic, alchemy, anatomy, forensic science, zoology, ecology, history, folklore and political theory.
Source: Genius Bruiser / Literature
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