exhaustive

[ ig-zaws-tiv ]

/ ɪgˈzɔs tɪv /

exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.

tending to exhaust or drain, as resources or strength: a protracted, exhaustive siege of illness.

Origin of exhaustive

First recorded in 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 un·ex·haus·tive, adjective un·ex·haus·tive·ly, adverb

“Discord” proceeds to envelop us in this exhaustive, mind-racking debate.

The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson (And Tolstoy and Dickens) |Samuel Fragoso |October 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They will also focus on the exhaustive nature of the investigation, during which staffers reviewed over 16 million documents.

You're About to See What Obama Calls 'Torture' |Josh Rogin, Eli Lake |August 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Consider, for example, the exhaustive coverage Chris Christie has received in recent months.

The Media's Selective Political Scandal Addiction |Ron Christie |April 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Here, now, are the results of an exhaustive listening study stretching back to 1998.

Shows on NPR, Ranked in Order From Glorious to Unbearable |Kelly Williams Brown |January 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

An exhaustive investigation uncovered some 24 such events over the last year, or about one every two weeks on average.

Read This, Skip That: The Best of The Daily Beast in 2013 | |December 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Very many thanks for your interesting and exhaustive investigations on the French lakes.

The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton |Mrs. Russell Barrington
No one is content to accept the contemplated union, should it be accomplished, as exhaustive.

The War and Unity |Various
All these plays, and the list is not exhaustive, are filled with personal allusions.

A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare |Frederick Gard Fleay
Bebel's exhaustive work, here put in English garb, does this double work unerringly.

Woman under socialism |August Bebel
The list of schools in connection with monasteries does not profess to be exhaustive.

Education in England in the Middle Ages |Albert William Parry

exhaustive

/ (ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv) /

comprehensive in scope; thorough an exhaustive survey

tending to exhaust

exhaustively, adverb exhaustiveness, noun