through and through
adverbDefinition of through and through
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Synonyms & Antonyms for through and through
Synonyms
all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entire, entirely, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, fully, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb [chiefly dialect], quite, soundly, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well, wholly, wide
Antonyms
half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly
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Examples of through and through in a Sentence
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Through osmosis, the flavorful brine is absorbed into the meat, thereby seasoning it through and through. — Catherine Lo, Good Housekeeping, "How to Brine Turkey for Your Best-Ever Bird," 27 Aug. 2019 Not every moment was fun, but the overall experience was joyful through and through—even more joyful than gallivanting around Greece on an ATV. — Sarah Firshein, CondĂ© Nast Traveler, "What I Learned While Traveling Alone With a Baby," 9 Aug. 2019 Both stories featured local voices through and through. — Brian Stelter, CNN, "Here's how reporters are covering the aftermath of an anti-Latino hate crime," 6 Aug. 2019 Hernandez is an artist through and through (and a busy one at that), but one who also happens to have a deep love for fashion. — Madeline Fass, Vogue, "Artist Mengly Hernandez on Her Daughter’s Purse Collection and Wearing Kimonos to Work," 14 Aug. 2018 The other, totally different, was the party chief, Zhao Ziyang, a seeming liberal through and through, a suave, charismatic man who wore Western suits. — The Economist, "Obituary: Li Peng died on July 22nd," 25 July 2019 Joe is a coach’s son through and through, a football junkie who’ll watch film deep into the night. — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, "Meet Joe Burrow: LSU's Toughest Renaissance Man and Maybe Savior at QB," 15 July 2019 But the dogs are sweet, gentle beagles through and through. — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, "China’s CRISPR push in animals promises better meat, novel therapies, and pig organs for people," 31 July 2019 Mewis is Boston, through and through, and promises to remain so. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Riding along on Sam Mewis’s whirlwind World Cup victory tour," 15 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'through and through.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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