thoroughness

Yet this conception makes thoroughness a purely _quantitative_ matter; it accepts _thoroughness_ as meaning _throughness_ or completeness, signifying the inclusion of everything from "beginning to end," or from "cover to cover."

How to Study and Teaching How to Study 1899

Here we express faith in German thoroughness, planning and discipline, on the basis of a single, ambiguous leaked memo, for the alternative is not pleasant to contemplate.

Memo to Europe: Forget the War Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

There is a kind of thoroughness which is almost purely physical: the kind that signifies mechanical and exhausting drill upon all the details of a subject.

democracy and Education : an Introduction to the Philosophy of Education 1916

There is a kind of thoroughness which is almost purely physical: the kind that signifies mechanical and exhausting drill upon all the details of a subject.

Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education John Dewey 1905

I know the whole western side of it with what, I suppose, I may call thoroughness; well enough at least to testify that there is no square mile without some special character and charm.

Across the Plains: With Other Memories and Essays 1892

Moreover, his thoroughness is the envy of the students of all other countries, and his hatred of sham scholarship and slipshod generalization is intense.

Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 Edwin Lawrence Godkin 1866

On Thursday, details emerged that called the thoroughness of the review, described as

Kansas.com: -- Front J. BRADY McCOLLOUGH 2010

The important thing is the notion of thoroughness: the indexer must try to anticipate and provide for a variety of users 'needs in an index; users do not seek the same sort of information, and the effort must be made to imagine the uses to which a particular work will be put, then to provide the users with as many access points to the information as can reasonably be expected.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 4 1993

Some do, and some newspapers stink, but print encourages a kind of thoroughness that the Web does not.

First, stop the lawyers « BuzzMachine 2009

Are these specialists trying to impress the primary care doctor with their 'thoroughness', so as to keep the referrals coming?

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