thoroughness

English

Etymology

thorough +‎ -ness

Noun

thoroughness (usually uncountable, plural thoroughnesses)

The state of being thorough.
Attention to detail.
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell, 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

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