thoroughness
nounUK /ˈθʌɹənəs/ · US /ˈθʌɹoʊnəs/
Etymology From thorough + -ness.
1
Usually The state of being thorough.
2
Usually Attention to detail.
- Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC: