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exhaustively

[ig-zaws-tiv] Origin

ex·haus·tive

[ig-zaws-tiv]
adjective
1.
exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
2.
tending to exhaust or drain, as resources or strength: a protracted, exhaustive siege of illness.

Origin:
1780–90; exhaust + -ive

ex·haus·tive·ly, adverb
ex·haus·tive·ness, noun
non·ex·haus·tive, adjective
non·ex·haus·tive·ly, adverb
non·ex·haus·tive·ness, noun
EXPAND
un·ex·haus·tive, adjective
un·ex·haus·tive·ly, adverb
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Exhaustively is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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exhaustive (ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv)
 
adj
1.  comprehensive in scope; thorough: an exhaustive survey
2.  tending to exhaust
 
ex'haustively
 
adv
 
ex'haustiveness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

exhaustive
1780s, from L. exhaust-, pp. stem of exhaurire (see exhaust) + -ive. Related: Exhaustively.
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