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ful·ly  (fl)
adv.
1. Totally or completely: fully grown.
2. At least: Fully half of the volunteers did not appear.

fully
Adverb
1. to the greatest degree or extent
2. amply or adequately
3. at least: fully a hundred people
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Adv.1.fully - to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form); "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged"
combining form - a bound form used only in compounds; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'"
2.fully - sufficiently; more than adequately; "the evidence amply (or fully) confirms our suspicions"; "they were fully (or amply) fed"
3.fully - referring to a quantity; "the amount was paid in full"

fully
adverb 1. completely, totally, perfectly, entirely, absolutely, altogether, thoroughly, intimately, wholly, positively, utterly, every inch, heart and soul, to the hilt, one hundred per cent, in all respects, from first to last, lock, stock and barrel
adverb 2. in all respects, completely, totally, entirely, altogether, thoroughly, wholly
adverb 4. at least, quite, without (any) exaggeration, without a word of a lie (informal)
Translations
Spanish fully [ˈfulɪ] advcompletamente (= at least); al menos
French fully [ˈfulɪ] full adventièrement, complètement (= at least);
fully as big → au moins aussi grand

German fully [ˈfulɪ] full advvöllig;
fully as big as → mindestens so groß wie

Italian fully [ˈfulɪ] advinteramente, pienamente, completamente (= at least): fully as big → almeno così grosso

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When each had fully stated his case the Ape announced this sentence: "I do not think you, Wolf, ever lost what you claim; and I do believe you, Fox, to have stolen what you so stoutly deny.
Gently he lifted his wife's still unconscious form, and bore her to the little cabin, but it was fully two hours before she regained consciousness.
And when they had fully decked her, they brought her to the gods, who welcomed her when they saw her, giving her their hands.
 
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