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Complete with regard to every detail

Performed or written with great care and completeness

To an absolute degree

Accurate or correct in all details

Firmly established and unlikely to change, especially of a habit or belief

Arranged or carried out with a planned or organized method or procedure

Detailed and complicated in design and planning, involving many carefully arranged elements

Done competently but without flair

Extremely great, severe, or impressive

Deeply investigatory or exploratory in nature

Implanted within the body

Having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense

Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources

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Adjective

Complete with regard to every detail

encyclopaedic^UK

encyclopedic^US

all-encompassing

leaving no stone unturned

across-the-board

across the board

interdisciplinary

multidisciplinary

cross-disciplinary

particularized^US

lock stock and barrel

particularised^UK

well researched

hook line and sinker

whole enchilada

whole nine yards

without exception

one-size-fits-all

plenipotentiary

encyclopaedical

on a large scale

all over the place

with everything included

root-and-branch

the whole shebang

the big picture

fully developed

broad in content

including all members

including all categories

no stone unturned

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“We sat through a thorough lecture on animal biology.”

Adjective

Performed or written with great care and completeness

particularized^US

particularised^UK

selfdisciplined

going to great lengths

minding p's and q's

extremely careful

dotting the i's

crossing the t's

well thought-out

difficult to please

pass-remarkable

over-particular

impossible to please

easily disgusted

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“The document was compiled after thorough research of available historical records.”

Adjective

To an absolute degree

through and through

dyed-in-the-wool

in every respect

without reservations

no ifs ands or buts

no holds barred

without reservation

through-and-through

without reserve

rightly so called

nothing other than

with no strings

without qualification

one-hundred percent

no strings attached

greatest amount of

greatest possible

free from doubt

incontrovertible

round-the-clock

total-immersion

bred-in-the-bone

hundred percent

pulling no punches

lock stock and barrel

overextravagant

out of proportion

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“It was a fitting tribute to a thorough gentleman, a consummate professional, and a true Celt.”

Adjective

Accurate or correct in all details

telling it like it is

as it really happened

in every respect

circumstantiated

honest-to-goodness

incontrovertible

unchallengeable

straightforward

beyond question

as true as I'm sitting here

on the up and up

high-principled

as true as I'm standing here

no ifs ands or buts

straight from horse's mouth

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Adjective

Firmly established and unlikely to change, especially of a habit or belief

dyed-in-the-wool

long-established

bred-in-the-bone

well-established

through and through

through-and-through

deeply ingrained

keen as mustard

well established

firmly established

dyed-in-the wool

tried and tested

self-opinionated

as keen as mustard

true to the end

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Adjective

Not expurgated

Adjective

Arranged or carried out with a planned or organized method or procedure

systematised^UK

systematized^US

well thought out

straight-thinking

standardized^US

standardised^UK

well thought-out

straightened out

self-controlled

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Adjective

Detailed and complicated in design and planning, involving many carefully arranged elements

particularised^UK

particularized^US

incomprehensible

full of twists and turns

encyclopedic^US

encyclopaedic^UK

difficult to understand

selfdisciplined

going to great lengths

thought-provoking

state-of-the-art

extremely careful

beyond comprehension

beyond one's grasp

hard to explain

above your head

over one's head

as clear as mud

hard to understand

leaving no stone unturned

all-encompassing

multidimensional

impossible to understand

out of your depth

clear as dishwater

disorganized^US

like herding cats

full of surprises

between the lines

unstraightforward

disorganised^UK

pluridimensional

uninterpretable

not easily understood

impossible to separate

all Greek to someone

too hard to understand

too difficult to understand

cloak-and-dagger

all Greek to you

difficult to follow

long way around

more sophisticated

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Adjective

Done competently but without flair

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Adjective

Extremely great, severe, or impressive

of considerable size

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Adjective

Deeply investigatory or exploratory in nature

investigational

scrutinizing^US

scrutinising^UK

burning with curiosity

over-interested

wanting to know

trial and error

under the microscope

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Adjective

Implanted within the body

part and parcel

bred in the bone

dyed-in-the-wool

existing from birth

meat-and-potatoes

by seat of one's pants

at the heart of

bred-in-the-bone

well established

vitally important

bread and butter

at the center of

pure and simple

of great consequence

of the utmost importance

lodged in one's brain

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Adjective

Having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense

well thought out

quick on the uptake

quick off the mark

having been around

as sharp as a tack

not born yesterday

sharp as a tack

treating with kid gloves

detail oriented

capable of learning

know how many beans make five

having a good head on one's shoulders

having no flies on

hyperintelligent

having foresight

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Adjective

Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources

pick-and-shovel

energy-consuming

easier said than done

no piece of cake

like getting blood out of a stone

emotionally draining

life-threatening

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

fraught with danger

jeopardizing^US

jeopardising^UK

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

full of problems

beset by problems

playing with fire

Russian roulette

character-building

incomprehensible

like herding cats

discountenancing

causing discomfort

thought-provoking

difficult to achieve

confrontational

not to be borne

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