The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exhaustive \Ex*haust"ive\, a. Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exhaustive adj 1: performed comprehensively and completely; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research" [syn: exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing]