COMPREHENSIVELY

comprehensively

(adverb) in an all-inclusive manner

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

comprehensively (comparative more comprehensively, superlative most comprehensively)

In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.

Synonyms

• completely, exhaustively, thoroughly, totally; see also completely

Source: Wiktionary

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Com`pre*hen"sive*ly, adv.

Definition: In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of scope.

COMPREHENSIVE

Com`pre*hen"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. compréhensif.]

1. Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view. A very comprehensive definition. Bentley. Large and comprehensive idea. Channing.

2. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. "His comprehensive head." Pope.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.

Note: The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups. Synthetic, as used by Agssiz, is nearly synonymous.

Syn.

– Extensive; wide; large; full; compendious.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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