| Main Entry: | directly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | the shortest route |
Synonyms: |
as a crow flies, beeline, dead, direct, due, exactly, plump, precisely, right, slam bang, slap, smack, smack dab, straight, straightly, undeviatingly, unswervingly, without deviation |
Antonyms: |
indirectly |
| Main Entry: | thorough/thoroughgoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhaustive |
Synonyms: |
absolute, all the way, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-out, assiduous, blow-by-blow, careful, circumstantial, clocklike, complete, comprehensive, conscientious, detailed, efficient, exact, from A to Z, full, full-dress, in-depth, intensive, itemized, meticulous, minute, painstaking, particular, particularized, plenty, royal, scrupulous, slam-bang, soup to nuts, sweeping, tough, whole-hog |
Antonyms: |
incomplete, inexhaustive, partial, superficial, unfinished |
| Main Entry: | smack-dab |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | directly |
Synonyms: |
as a crow flies, bang*, beeline, dead*, direct, due, exactly, fair, flush, just, plump, precisely, right, slam bang, slap, smack dab, smack*, square, squarely, straight, straightly, undeviatingly, unswervingly, without deviation |
| Main Entry: | thoroughpaced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thorough |
Synonyms: |
absolute, all the way, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-out, assiduous, blow-by-blow, careful, circumstantial, clocklike, complete, comprehensive, conscientious, detailed, efficient, exact, exhaustive, from A to Z, full, full-dress, in-depth, intensive, itemized, meticulous, minute, painstaking, particular, particularized, plenty, royal, scrupulous, slam-bang, soup to nuts, sweeping, thoroughgoing, tough*, whole-hog |