Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

full well

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.42 in modern English

Syllables: ful-l well
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Example Sentences

"He is so fayre, withoutten les, / he semys full well to sytt on des."
"Besides, there is always a tendency—indeed an interest—to take on what one knows full well."
"2006. Nadia Yassine. Full Sails Ahead. Justice and Spirituality Publications. page 2. He knows full well that I don't like that club."
"It also means that when a right-wing Jewish group such as the ZOA chooses to overlook Bannon’s well-documented links to anti-Semitic white nationalists, it puts itself on a moral par with J.V.P. Bannon is the man who expressly called Breitbart News “the platform for the alt-right,” knowing full-well the toxic range of opinion encompassed by the term."

Etymology

From Middle English fol wel, fulwel, from Old English ful wel, equivalent to full + well. Compare Old Norse all-vel (“full well”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: fol wel, ful wel

Phrases

for a fact

Frequently Paired Words

for a fact

Questions

What does full well mean?: Very well
Where does full well come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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