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fully¹
- /ˈfʊli/ Australia, US, UK
- /ˈfɵlɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈfʉle/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /-lɪ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /-li/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Rhymes with -ʊli
Where it comes from
From Middle English fully, fulliche, volliche, from Old English fullīċe (“fully”), equivalent to full + -ly. Compare German völlig (“fully”), Swedish fullt (“fully”).
adverb more fully · most fully
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In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely.
He is fully capable of meeting his responsibilities.
Similar: sufficiently, perfectly, completely, entirely
- Used as an intensifier for a quantity. it was fully four hours before we arrived home.
- Exactly, equally. It is fully as shocking as it is meant to be. You step into a pitch black chamber, treading on what feels like a perilous cattle grid, which seems to trigger the crackling circle of white light that starts into life above you.
- So as to be full (not hungry); to satiation. to eat fully
- Used as a general intensifier; actually, really, literally. I fully woke up at like 12 p.m. yesterday.
fully²
- /ˈfʊli/ Australia, US, UK
- /ˈfɵlɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈfʉle/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /-lɪ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /-li/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Rhymes with -ʊli
Where it comes from
A reference to the phrase "the prisoner was fully committed for trial".
verb fullies · fullying · fullied
- To commit or send someone to trial. So I got run in, and was tried at Marylebone and remanded for a week, and then fullied (fully committed for trial), and got this stretch and a half.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: amply, full, in full, thoroughly, totally, utterly, entirely, wholly, completely, completeness, entire, exhaustively, entirety, whole, purely, outright
Translations
Every language
adv in a full manner
| Español | completamente, de todo punto, lleneramente |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 充分地, 完全地, 彻底地 |
| Português | completamente |
| Français | entièrement, complètement |
| Italiano | pienamente |
| Русский | по́лностью pólnostʹju |
| Tiếng Việt | hẳn, đầy đủ, hoàn toàn |
adv to a full extent
| Español | completamente, a fondo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 完全地 wánquán |
| Português | completamente |
| Français | entièrement, complètement |
| Deutsch | völlig |
| Italiano | completamente, appieno, ampiamente |
| Русский | по́лностью pólnostʹju |
| Tiếng Việt | đầy đủ, hoàn toàn, hoàn hảo |
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