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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Three months after that therapy session, the pandemic arrived, and being together 100% of the time for the next year, I let him in fully.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2026
Froome never appeared to fully recover from his 2019 crash, and much of his time with the Israeli team saw him suffer complications from the injuries he sustained, which included a broken femur and hip.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026
"Another important aspect is that our bees were fully naïve," Loukola adds.
From Science Daily • Jul. 3, 2026
If we want to live out our ideals more fully as a country, we could begin by sitting down with our neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
“They’d be wasted in a zoo, governess. It’s their abilities that amaze. I’d put them in a special habitat, where their talent for tracking could be fully appreciated. A Permanent Incorrigible Enclosure.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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