"fully" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈfʊli/ Audio: en-us-fully.ogg [US] Forms: more fully [comparative], most fully [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʊli Etymology: From Middle English fully, fulliche, volliche, from Old English fullīċe (“fully”), equivalent to full + -ly. Compare German völlig (“fully”), Swedish fullt (“fully”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fully}} Middle English fully, {{m|enm|fulliche}} fulliche, {{m|enm|volliche}} volliche, {{inh|en|ang|fullīċe|t=fully}} Old English fullīċe (“fully”), {{af|en|full|-ly}} full + -ly, {{cog|de|völlig|t=fully}} German völlig (“fully”), {{cog|sv|fullt|t=fully}} Swedish fullt (“fully”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} fully (comparative more fully, superlative most fully)
  1. In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely. Synonyms: sufficiently, perfectly, completely, entirely Translations (in a full manner): ամբողջությամբ (amboġǰutʿyamb) (Armenian), լիովին (liovin) (Armenian), напълно (napǎlno) (Bulgarian), plenament (Catalan), 充分地 (Chinese Mandarin), 完全地 (Chinese Mandarin), 彻底地 (Chinese Mandarin), volledig (Dutch), plene (Esperanto), täysin (Finnish), kokonaan (Finnish), täydellisesti (Finnish), entièrement (French), complètement (French), სრულად (srulad) (Georgian), მთლიანად (mtlianad) (Georgian), ბოლომდე (bolomde) (Georgian), teljesen (Hungarian), pienamente (Italian), plēnē (Latin), pilnīgi (Latvian), pilnām (Latvian), целосно (celosno) (Macedonian), потполно (potpolno) (Macedonian), fully (Middle English), کاملا (Persian), completamente (Portuguese), по́лностью (pólnostʹju) (Russian), completamente (Spanish), పూర్తిగా (pūrtigā) (Telugu), по́вністю (póvnistju) (Ukrainian), цілко́м (cilkóm) (Ukrainian), hẳn (Vietnamese), đầy đủ (Vietnamese), hoàn toàn (Vietnamese) Translations (to a full extent): միանգամայն (miangamayn) (Armenian), напълно (napǎlno) (Bulgarian), изцяло (izcjalo) (Bulgarian), completament (Catalan), 完全地 (wánquán) (Chinese Mandarin), volledig (Dutch), plene (Esperanto), täysin (Finnish), kokonaan (Finnish), entièrement (French), complètement (French), სრულად (srulad) (Georgian), მთლიანად (mtlianad) (Georgian), ბოლომდე (bolomde) (Georgian), völlig (German), 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 (allandjō) (Gothic), completamente (Italian), appieno (Italian), ampiamente (Italian), plēnē (Latin), pilnīgi (Latvian), pilnām (Latvian), fully (Middle English), ǣdre (Old English), completamente (Portuguese), по́лностью (pólnostʹju) (Russian), completamente (Spanish), a fondo (Spanish), đầy đủ (Vietnamese), hoàn toàn (Vietnamese), hoàn hảo (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-fully-en-adv-HZQ2bWBz Disambiguation of 'in a full manner': 92 0 3 4 0 Disambiguation of 'to a full extent': 51 19 4 22 5
  2. Used as an intensifier for a quantity.
    Sense id: en-fully-en-adv-Z-oOCQnT
  3. (Followed by as) Exactly, equally.
    Sense id: en-fully-en-adv-YpfY2PHU
  4. (rare) So as to be full (not hungry); to satiation. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-fully-en-adv-VdHyUUW5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 9 0 44 13 26 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 12 4 41 14 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 15 12 0 51 22 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 0 12 2 3 18 10 13 19 0 16 5
  5. (colloquial) Used as a general intensifier; actually, really, literally. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-fully-en-adv-JhMkoo2R
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈfʊli/ Audio: en-us-fully.ogg [US] Forms: fullies [present, singular, third-person], fullying [participle, present], fullied [participle, past], fullied [past]
Rhymes: -ʊli Etymology: A reference to the phrase "the prisoner was fully committed for trial". Head templates: {{en-verb}} fully (third-person singular simple present fullies, present participle fullying, simple past and past participle fullied)
  1. (slang, obsolete, transitive) To commit or send someone to trial. Tags: obsolete, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-fully-en-verb-dqDDt~qb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fully briefed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fully committed"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fully fashioned"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fully-fitted"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fully-fledged"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fully-grown"
    },
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      "word": "fully-loaded"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fully qualified hostname"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fully-rigged"
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      "word": "fully rigged"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fully-stocked"
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      "args": {
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      "form": "more fully",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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      "form": "most fully",
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        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "text": "He is fully capable of meeting his responsibilities.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, William R. Murry, Becoming More Fully Human",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Sondra Higgins Matthaei, Nancy R. Howell, Proleptic Pedagogy: Theological Education Anticipating the Future",
          "text": "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.",
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        "In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "full",
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          "completely",
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          "entirely",
          "entirely#Adverb"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "sufficiently"
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        {
          "word": "perfectly"
        },
        {
          "word": "completely"
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          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
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          "roman": "amboġǰutʿyamb",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "ամբողջությամբ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "liovin",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "լիովին"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "napǎlno",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "напълно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "plenament"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "充分地"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "完全地"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "彻底地"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "volledig"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "plene"
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          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "täysin"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "kokonaan"
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          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "täydellisesti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "entièrement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "complètement"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "srulad",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "სრულად"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mtlianad",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "მთლიანად"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "bolomde",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "ბოლომდე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "teljesen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "pienamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "plēnē"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "pilnīgi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "pilnām"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "celosno",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "целосно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "potpolno",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "потполно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "fully"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "کاملا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "completamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pólnostʹju",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "по́лностью"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "completamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "pūrtigā",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "పూర్తిగా"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "póvnistju",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "по́вністю"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "cilkóm",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "цілко́м"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "hẳn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "đầy đủ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 0 3 4 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "in a full manner",
          "word": "hoàn toàn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "miangamayn",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "միանգամայն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "napǎlno",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "напълно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izcjalo",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "изцяло"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "completament"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wánquán",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "完全地"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "volledig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "plene"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "täysin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "kokonaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "entièrement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "complètement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "srulad",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "სრულად"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mtlianad",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "მთლიანად"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "bolomde",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "ბოლომდე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "völlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "allandjō",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "completamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "appieno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "ampiamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "plēnē"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "pilnīgi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "pilnām"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "fully"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "ǣdre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "completamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pólnostʹju",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "по́лностью"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "completamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "a fondo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "đầy đủ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "hoàn toàn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 19 4 22 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to a full extent",
          "word": "hoàn hảo"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "it was fully four hours before we arrived home.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as an intensifier for a quantity."
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      "id": "en-fully-en-adv-Z-oOCQnT",
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        "Exactly, equally."
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        "(Followed by as) Exactly, equally."
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        "(colloquial) Used as a general intensifier; actually, really, literally."
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        },
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          "text": "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."
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      "word": "fully-rigged"
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        },
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          "ref": "2014, Sondra Higgins Matthaei, Nancy R. Howell, Proleptic Pedagogy: Theological Education Anticipating the Future",
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        "(colloquial) Used as a general intensifier; actually, really, literally."
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      "word": "充分地"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "کاملا"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "in a full manner",
      "word": "đầy đủ"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kokonaan"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mtlianad",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "მთლიანად"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bolomde",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "ბოლომდე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "völlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "allandjō",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "completamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "appieno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "ampiamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "plēnē"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "pilnīgi"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "pilnām"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "fully"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "ǣdre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "completamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pólnostʹju",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "по́лностью"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "completamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "a fondo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "đầy đủ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "hoàn toàn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to a full extent",
      "word": "hoàn hảo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fully"
}

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    "Rhymes:English/ʊli",
    "Rhymes:English/ʊli/2 syllables",
    "enm:Size"
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "A reference to the phrase \"the prisoner was fully committed for trial\".",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "fullies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fullying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fullied",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "past"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1879 October, “Autobiography of a Thief in Thieves' Language”, in Macmillan's Magazine, volume 40, number 240, page 506",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1896, Arthur Morrison, A Child of the Jago (page 291)",
          "text": "He made the same reply when he was asked if he had anything to say before being committed; and straightway was \"fullied.\" He lurched serenely out of the dock, waving his cap […]"
        },
        {
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
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        "To commit or send someone to trial."
      ],
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        "(slang, obsolete, transitive) To commit or send someone to trial."
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      "ipa": "/ˈfʊli/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊli"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/En-us-fully.ogg",
      "tags": [
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  "word": "fully"
}

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