Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Totally or completely.
- adverb At least.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a full manner; to the full; without lack or defect; completely; entirely: as, to be fully persuaded of something.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily.
- adverb (Law) committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for examination.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
full manner; without lack or defect. - adverb In a full degree; to a full extent.
- adverb As a minimum;
at least
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
- adverb sufficiently; more than adequately
- adverb referring to a quantity
Etymologies
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Examples
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_property_, at the DISCRETION of those who held _or fully represented_ the sovereign authority; -- and that _these_ rights are _fully_ delegated
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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If you want to claim that Jesus was both fully human and fully divine, then try to turn around and say that he could have limitations and learn yet not be wrong, then you're either playing fast and loose with the term fully or the term human.
Sinful Certainty James F. McGrath 2009
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Is it possible to think somewhere down the line you could use the term fully recovered?
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What this report doesn't explain fully is that the Guelaguetza that was cancelled was the govt. sponsored one that charged people 420 pesos to get in.
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So they swore the jail-bird, made him confess that he had served his term fully, and then told him to step down and out.
Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. Abraham H. Hummel 1887
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Shinto, does not alone constitute the State Religion: neither does the term fully describe the Shinto cult of the dead -- a cult which in Izumo retains its primitive character more than in other parts of Japan.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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The title fully shews what Grotius gives in this book.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Burigny, Jean L De 1754
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The title fully shews what Grotius gives in this book.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works Jean L��vesque de Burigny 1738
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They decided to make made the MEN free in central Manchester in early 2006 - but late last year retreated on that strategy, making the title fully paid for on Monday to Wednesday and on Saturdays.
New Statesman Dominic Ponsford 2010
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They decided to make made the MEN free in central Manchester in early 2006 - but late last year retreated on that strategy, making the title fully paid for on Monday to Wednesday and on Saturdays.
New Statesman Dominic Ponsford 2010
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