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exhaustive [ig-zaws-tiv] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases. tending to exhaust or drain, as resources or strength: a protracted, exhaustive siege of illness. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of exhaustive First recorded in 1780–90; exhaust + -ive Related formsex·haus·tive·ly, adverbex·haus·tive·ness, nounnon·ex·haus·tive, adjectivenon·ex·haus·tive·ly, adverbnon·ex·haus·tive·ness, nounun·ex·haus·tive, adjectiveun·ex·haus·tive·ly, adverb Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for exhaustiveness Historical Examples of exhaustiveness
It does not pretend to exhaustiveness, though it will be found somewhat exhausting.
A Lawyer
Perhaps its chief quality is best described as that of exhaustiveness.
G. H. Mair
At that time there was no dictionary of any language and literature to be compared with this for exhaustiveness and accuracy.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5
Various
The exhaustiveness with which an author treats any subject depends, first, on his knowledge.
English: Composition and Literature
W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
But this exhaustiveness of execution has different meanings according to the stand-points of those for whom it is made.
Karl Rosenkranz
British Dictionary definitions for exhaustiveness exhaustive adjective comprehensive in scope; thoroughan exhaustive survey tending to exhaust Derived Formsexhaustively, adverbexhaustiveness, noun Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for exhaustiveness exhaustive adj.
1780s, from exhaust + -ive. Related: Exhaustively; exhaustiveness.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
