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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Hunt left that day unable to walk, and a scan would show she had fully ruptured a tendon in her quadriceps.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Some analysts have ventured to say that diminished demand could keep a lid on oil prices through the rest of the year, even if traffic through the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t fully recover.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
When researchers recently returned to pieces of rock that had not yet been fully prepared, they found four fossil bones still embedded in the surrounding material.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Even years later, many cities still haven’t fully returned to the schedules they kept before 2020.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
I’m fully aware I’m making excuses, but I didn’t expect this moment to come so quickly.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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