fully

ful·ly

adverb \ˈfu̇(l)-lē\

Definition of FULLY

1

: in a full manner or degree : completely

2

: at least <fully nine tenths of us>

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Examples of FULLY

1. He fully recovered from the operation.
2. They will never fully appreciate their luck.
3. The house is fully furnished.
4. When will the tree be fully grown?

First Known Use of FULLY

before 12th century

Related to FULLY

Synonyms

all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entire, entirely, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb [chiefly dialect], quite, soundly, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, well, wholly, wide, all the way, at length, down the line, down to the ground, for fair, in whole, to bits, to pieces, to the hilt, to the max

Antonyms

half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly

Related Words

absolutely, categorically, cold, downright, hands down, plain, stone, stone-cold, unqualifiedly; basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, more or less, mostly, overall, predominantly, predominately, primarily, principally, substantially; abundantly, copiously, generously, greatly

Near Antonyms

barely, hardly, just, kind of, marginally, minimally, scarcely, slightly, superficially; approximately, roughly, somewhat

Rhymes with FULLY

bully, gully, puli, pulley, woolly