thoroughgoing

[ thur-oh-goh-ing, -uh-goh-, thuhr- ]

/ ˈθɜr oʊˌgoʊ ɪŋ, -əˌgoʊ-, ˈθʌr- /

doing things thoroughly.

carried out to the full extent; thorough.

complete; unqualified: a thoroughgoing knave.

Origin of thoroughgoing

First recorded in 1810–20; thorough + going

thor·ough·go·ing·ly, adverb thor·ough·go·ing·ness, noun

One of those senators, Harry F. Byrd Jr., was a thoroughgoing segregationist.

The High-Stakes Virginia Election Recount |Michael Tomasky |November 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
There is simply nothing on the sports calendar as thoroughgoing as the domination of Thanksgiving Day by American football.

Football, Hold the Stuffing |Charles P. Pierce |November 26, 2008 |DAILY BEAST
This once done, it will be necessary to establish a universal and thoroughgoing system of education.

The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) |Leslie Stephen
He aspires, though rather generally and vaguely, towards a thoroughgoing reform of distribution in favour of the proletariat.

The Accumulation of Capital |Rosa Luxemburg

No country is more feudal; yet only the most thoroughgoing peasant reforms will lay a sure foundation for the State.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 |Henry Baerlein
The gauntlet was thrown down with plenty of vigour, and reformers were expected to rally round so thoroughgoing a champion.

The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) |Leslie Stephen
Truly it is not thoroughgoing or infallible in all cases, but then it must be helped by a little wide-awake self-conscious will.

The Mystic Will |Charles Godfrey Leland

thoroughgoing

/ (ˈθʌrəˌɡəʊɪŋ) /

extremely thorough

(usually prenominal) absolute; complete thoroughgoing incompetence

thoroughgoingly, adverb thoroughgoingness, noun