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Everyday

1. Completely; in every way: "fully charged", "fully grown". tree →
2. At least; as much as: "Fully half the class was ill." tree →

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 Jewish tradition

Tradition praises Caleb for following God wholeheartedly, with "another spirit" unlike the other spies. In the primary 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

• But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. (Torah NUM.14.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said: 'It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.' (Torah GEN.50.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• According to the Sefer Yetzira the Hebrew alphabet con- sisting often double letters and twelve simple leters, representing the vigesimal and duodecimal systems of notation, still more fully symbolizes the universe. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• For though they be like tangled thorns, and be drunken according to their drink, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. (Prophets NAM.1.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. (Prophets 1KI.11.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil; (Writings ECC.8.11, JPS 1917) 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%.