"comprehensively" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more comprehensively [comparative], most comprehensively [superlative]
Etymology: comprehensive + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|comprehensive|ly}} comprehensive + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} comprehensively (comparative more comprehensively, superlative most comprehensively)
  1. In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion. Synonyms: completely, exhaustively, thoroughly, totally Translations (in a comprehensive manner): comprensivament (Catalan), uit-en-te-na (Dutch), laajasti (Finnish), kattavasti (Finnish), kokonaisvaltaisesti (Finnish), kompleksowo (Polish), wszechstronnie (Polish)
    Sense id: en-comprehensively-en-adv-WLKjIaGg

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