# fully

Pronunciation: say "FUUL-ee" /ˈfʊli/

## Adverb

1. In a complete way, without anything lacking or defective; completely and entirely.
   - Simple: Completely, with nothing missing or left out.
   - _The committee fully endorsed the new proposal after the hearing._
   - _He recovered fully after several months of careful rest._
2. Used to emphasize that a stated quantity is at least as great as it seems.
   - Simple: Used before an amount to show it is as big as it sounds.
   - _Fully three-quarters of the audience stayed for the encore._
   - _The journey took fully six hours longer than the schedule promised._
3. Used as a strong intensifier to mean really, actually, or literally. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Used to make a statement stronger, meaning really or truly.
   - _Wait, that's fully the same song they played at the party last night._
   - _We fully thought the trip was canceled, so we made other plans._
4. Exactly or equally; typically placed before "as" to mark an equal comparison.
   - Simple: Just as much, used before "as" to show that two things are equal.
   - _The new recruit proved fully as skilled as the veterans._
   - _Her second novel was received fully as warmly as her first._

## Adverb

5. To the point of being full and no longer hungry; to satiation. *(rare)*
   - Simple: So that you are full and no longer hungry after eating enough.

## Verb

6. To commit or send an accused person to trial. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To send someone accused of a crime to be judged in a court of law.

## Origin

Old English fullīċe, which is full + -ly, became Middle English fully (also fulliche, volliche). German völlig and Swedish fullt, both meaning "fully," are related.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/fully (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).