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== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfʊli/ Rhymes: -ʊli === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fully, fulliche, volliche, from Old English fullīċe (“fully”), equivalent to full +‎ -ly. Compare German völlig (“fully”), Swedish fullt (“fully”). ==== Adverb ==== fully (comparative more fully, superlative most fully) In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely. Synonyms: sufficiently, perfectly, completely, entirely Used as an intensifier for a quantity. (Followed by as) Exactly, equally. (rare) So as to be full (not hungry); to satiation. (colloquial) Used as a general intensifier; actually, really, literally. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === A reference to the phrase "the prisoner was fully committed for trial". ==== Verb ==== fully (third-person singular simple present fullies, present participle fullying, simple past and past participle fullied) (slang, obsolete, transitive) To commit or send someone to trial. (Can we find and add a quotation of Edgar Wallace to this entry?) That would have stirred them up a bit — Charles Pearce in court! Instead of which he was John Ward, and if he was fullied he'd probably get seven years at the most five, perhaps — and then he could be ill and be released on ticket. === References === “fully”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “fully”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “fully, adv.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “fully v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English fullīċe; equivalent to ful (“full”) +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== follich, folliche, fulleche, fulleliche, fullely, fulli, fullich, fulliche, fullych, fullyche fullike (Ormulum) volliche (Kent, Southern) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈful(l)liː/, /ˈful(l)lit͡ʃ(ə)/ ==== Adverb ==== fully Plentifully, abundantly; without lack. Fully, completely; without exception. Actually, truly; in effect. (rare) Very, extremely. ===== Descendants ===== English: fully Scots: fully ==== Adjective ==== fully (rare) Flawless, immaculate; without defect. Large, fat; having its full size. ==== References ==== “fullī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “fullī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== fully alternative form of fullen (“to baptise”)