fully
Adverb
- Completely or entirely.
- to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
- "fully grown"
- "he didn't fully understand"
- sufficiently; more than adequately
- "the evidence amply (or fully) confirms our suspicions"
- "they were fully (or amply) fed"
- referring to a quantity
Adv
- In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely.
- Used as an intensifier for a quantity.
- Exactly, equally.
- So as to be full (not hungry); to satiation.
- Used as a general intensifier; actually, really, literally.
Verb
- To commit or send someone to trial.
Examples
- He is fully capable of meeting his responsibilities.
- He wasn’t fully sure of the spelling, but he played the word anyway.
- I fully woke up at like 12 p.m. yesterday.
- it was fully four hours before we arrived home.
- to eat fully
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English fully, fulliche, volliche, from Old English fullīċe (“fully”), equivalent to full + -ly. Compare German völlig (“fully”), Swedish fullt (“fully”).
Synonyms
amply, full, in full, to the full, completely, entirely, perfectly, sufficiently
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
fully: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfully: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fully: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
fully: valid Words With Friends Word