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

It does not pretend to exhaustiveness, though it will be found somewhat exhausting.

The Nurserymatograph |A Lawyer
Pausanias makes no claim to exhaustiveness; he selected what was best worth noticing (τὰ ἀξιολογώτατα).

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 |Various
But this exhaustiveness of execution has different meanings according to the stand-points of those for whom it is made.

Pedagogics as a System |Karl Rosenkranz
The exhaustiveness with which an author treats any subject depends, first, on his knowledge.

English: Composition and Literature |W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

At that time there was no dictionary of any language and literature to be compared with this for exhaustiveness and accuracy.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 |Various

exhaustive

/ (ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv) /

comprehensive in scope; thorough an exhaustive survey

tending to exhaust

exhaustively, adverb exhaustiveness, noun