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FULLY

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 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; ('full' in this sense is used as a combining form)

Example:

full-fledged

Synonyms:

full; fully; to the full

Classified under:

Adverbs

Domain usage:

combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)

Pertainym:

full (complete in extent or degree and in every particular)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sufficiently; more than adequately

Example:

they were fully (or amply) fed

Synonyms:

amply; fully

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 3

Meaning:

Referring to a quantity

Example:

the amount was paid in full

Synonyms:

fully; in full

Classified under:

Adverbs

Credits

 Context examples: 

It is possible that patients who did not fully recover following a head injury may have had problems with the first phase of the repair process.

(Scientists watch the brain’s lining heal after a head injury, National Institutes of Health)

“I fully share your opinion, and I trust, with you, that we may prove it,” returned Holmes, going back to the mat to knock the snow from his shoes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“If I may umbly make the remark,” said Uriah Heep, with a writhe, “I fully agree with Miss Betsey Trotwood, and should be only too appy if Miss Agnes was a partner.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Fully half their grub supply was gone.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I asked him to explain more fully, so that I might not by any chance mislead him, so he said:— I shall illustrate.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Fully five feet in length, and standing two and one-half feet at the shoulder, he far outweighed a wolf of corresponding size.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Fully assured by these words that Mr. Edward—my Mr. Rochester (God bless him, wherever he was!)—was at least alive: was, in short, "the present gentleman."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Mr. Bennet's expectations were fully answered.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The man stood still for fully a minute, as though debating with himself.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The mate, Johansen, stood away several feet to the side of him, and fully three yards in front of him sat Wolf Larsen on one of the pivotal cabin chairs.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)