fully
Americanadverb
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entirely or wholly.
You should be fully done with the work by now.
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quite or at least.
Fully half the class attended the ceremony.
adverb
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to the greatest degree or extent; totally; entirely
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amply; sufficiently; adequately
they were fully fed
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at least
it was fully an hour before she came
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of fully
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English fullīce; equivalent to full 1 + -ly
Example Sentences
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"Fully assembled, life-size replicas become a blueprint for better understanding the dynamic animals that creatures like Deinosuchus really were."
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
Fully remote work may also sound appealing, but there’s “still less stability” compared with jobs where workers can build face-to-face relationships with their bosses.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Fully electric cars comprised 25% of all cars sold and plug-in hybrid models accounted for 24%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
At issue for Anthropic is the potential use of its AI tools like Claude for two purposes: "Mass domestic surveillance" and "Fully autonomous weapons."
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Fully in character, she grabbed Planet Spud from Penelope and held it by its twig.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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