Fully

Quick meaning: Fully is an adverb meaning In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely.

Meaning

In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely.

More Meanings

1. Used as an intensifier for a quantity.
2. (Followed by as) Exactly, equally.
3. (colloquial) Used as a general intensifier; actually, really, literally.
4. (rare) So as to be full (not hungry); to satiation.
5. (slang, obsolete, transitive) To commit or send someone to trial.

Example Sentences

it was fully four hours before we arrived home.

He is fully capable of meeting his responsibilities.

This work therefore presents Humanism as a foundation for living in a way that is meaningful and fulfilling, and that enables us to become more fully human.

The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.

Word Forms

• fullies
• fullying
• fullied

Synonyms for fully

Depending on context, synonyms include sufficiently, perfectly, completely, entirely, full, amply.

Antonyms for fully

Common opposites include slenderly, meagerly, sparingly, meagrely.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amply, full, thoroughly, totally, utterly, entirely.

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