Definitions
performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial
Word origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustīvus. By surface analysis, exhaust + -ive.
Used in a sentence
“We made an exhaustive list.”
“Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court.”
“Chopping and hauling wood was exhaustive work. Scraping the flesh off the heavy hides and hanging them to dry also taxed her physical strength.”
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