fully
/ˈfʊli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.89 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Used as an intensifier for a quantity.
Example Sentences
- "He is fully capable of meeting his responsibilities."
- "As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once."
- "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."
- "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."
- "It is a three-fold cycle by which we are oriented to the learning process: fostering greater awareness that affords greater intentionality to participate more fully, which then fosters greater awareness, and so on in an intensifying cycle of indwelling that which we seek to know so that the union of knower and known is incarnated in and through us."
- "it was fully four hours before we arrived home."
Etymology
From Middle English fully, fulliche, volliche, from Old English fullīċe (“fully”), equivalent to full + -ly. Compare German völlig (“fully”), Swedish fullt (“fully”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: fully, fullīċe
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfʊli/
- British English: /ˈfʊli/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more fully (comparative)
most fully (superlative)
fullies (present, singular)
fullying (participle, present)
fullied (participle, past)
fullied (past)