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Fully

//ˈfʊli// adv, verb, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely.

    "He is fully capable of meeting his responsibilities."

  2. 2
    Used as an intensifier for a quantity.

    "it was fully four hours before we arrived home."

  3. 3
    Exactly, equally.

    "It is fully as shocking as it is meant to be. You step into a pitch black chamber, treading on what feels like a perilous cattle grid, which seems to trigger the crackling circle of white light that starts into life above you."

  4. 4
    So as to be full (not hungry); to satiation. rare

    "to eat fully"

  5. 5
    Used as a general intensifier; actually, really, literally. colloquial

    "I fully woke up at like 12 p.m. yesterday."

Adverb
  1. 1
    to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (‘full’ in this sense is used as a combining form) wordnet
  2. 2
    sufficiently; more than adequately wordnet
  3. 3
    referring to a quantity wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To commit or send someone to trial. obsolete, slang, transitive

    "So I got run in, and was tried at Marylebone and remanded for a week, and then fullied (fully committed for trial), and got this stretch and a half."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English fully, fulliche, volliche, from Old English fullīċe (“fully”), equivalent to full + -ly. Compare German völlig (“fully”), Swedish fullt (“fully”).

Etymology 2

A reference to the phrase "the prisoner was fully committed for trial".

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