fully

«fully» in Mova's school dictionary: Completely; in every way: "fully charged", "fully grown" — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (fully)

meaning for a pupil

1) Completely; in every way: "fully charged", "fully grown". tree →

2) At least; as much as: "Fully half the class was ill." tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and everyday life, "fully" means completely, as in a fully charged battery or a fully grown plant. In safety, rules ask you to stop fully at the kerb and to be fully awake before driving. In maths, "fully" can mean the whole amount, 100%. Phrases: fully charged, fully grown, fully dressed, fully understand, fully booked.

examples

• My tablet is fully charged. tree →
• The puppy will be fully grown in a year. tree →
• Make sure the food is fully cooked. tree →
• The hotel is fully booked. tree →
• I don't fully understand the question. tree →
• Wait until the bus has fully stopped before you get up. tree →
• He fully realized the truth of this. tree →

note

Adverb from "full"; spelt with double l: f-u-l-l-y. In maths, "fully" filled means 100% or the whole amount; "half full" means 50%.

In the corpora

• Many dogs nibble grass and it is usually normal; scientists are not fully sure why, and wolves eat some plants too.
• Young gulls are brown and speckled; a herring gull takes about four years to look fully grown up.
• Toad apologises fully and promises to do nothing without the Rat's advice; the Rat says they must wait for Mole and Badger.
• Instant coffee is coffee liquid that was dried; ground coffee does not fully dissolve, so it needs a filter.
• Common exception words are frequent words whose spelling does not fully match their sounds; the National Curriculum lists them for each year.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.