thoroughness

thoroughness

English

Etymology

thorough +‎ -ness

Noun

thoroughness (usually uncountable, plural thoroughnesses)

1. The state of being thorough.
2. Attention to detail.
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings.

Translations

state of being thorough

Chinese: Mandarin: 徹底 (zh), 彻底 (zh) (chèdǐ) Czech: důkladnost f Finnish: perinpohjaisuus (fi), perusteellisuus (fi)

French: ruguosité Portuguese: rigor (pt) Romanian: meticulozitate (ro) Spanish: meticulosidad (es) f

attention to detail

Chinese: Mandarin: 對細節的關注, 对细节的关注 (duì xìjié de guānzhù)

Finnish: perusteellisuus (fi) Spanish: detallismo m, minuciosidad f, detenimiento (es)