fully

[fool-ee, fool-lee]

adverb

1. entirely or wholly.

   You should be fully done with the work by now.

2. quite or at least.

   Fully half the class attended the ceremony.

fully

/ ˈfʊlɪ /

adverb

1. to the greatest degree or extent; totally; entirely

2. amply; sufficiently; adequately

   they were fully fed

3. at least

   it was fully an hour before she came

Other Word Forms

• quasi-fully adverb
• unfully adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of fully¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English fullīce; equivalent to full ¹ + -ly

Example Sentences

A Commerce Department spokesman said that Lutnick has “fully complied with the terms of his ethics agreement with respect to divestiture and recusals and will continue to do so.”

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Certain geographic patches inside America’s general footprint were not fully American soil.

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But it is Ms. Hawkins, fully committed to a character who should be committed, who shines, making Laura a singular personage—a monster, but not necessarily a villain.

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Were you to cook Swiss chard fully intact, without separating the stems and leaves, the leaf would disintegrate by the time the stems were tender.

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To Mr. Ambar, it fully reveals Lincoln’s “early support for racial justice.”

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Related Words

• absolutely 
• entirely 
• perfectly 
• positively 
• quite 
• thoroughly 
• totally 
• wholly