洗あらいざらい

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Meanings

1

Emphasizes that everything is included, leaving nothing out. Often used with verbs of telling, confessing, or revealing.

いざらい

話はな

し

た

。

He told all of his secrets without exception.

財さい布ふの中なか身みを洗あらいざらい調しらべられた。

They examined the contents of my wallet completely.

全ぜん部ぶ
全部 is a general noun meaning 'all' or 'the whole', while 洗いざらい is an adverb emphasizing thoroughness and leaving nothing out, often with a nuance of revealing or exposing everything.
すっかり
すっかり means 'completely' or 'entirely' and often implies a change of state, whereas 洗いざらい focuses on the exhaustive inclusion of items or details.

Compound of 洗い (arai, 'washing') + ざらい (zarai, 'sweeping away'). The image is of washing and sweeping away everything, leaving nothing behind.