Ex·haust'ive adjective Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method . Ex*haust'ive*ly , adverb Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/86
exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases. · tending to exhaust or drain, as resources or strength: a protracted, exhaustive siege of illness. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/exhaustive