FULLY Synonyms: 122 Similar and Opposite Words

fully

adverb

ˈfu̇(l)-lē

Definition of fully

as in completely

to a full extent or degree only with daybreak did we fully realize the extent of the damage from the storm

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as in systematically

with attention to all aspects or details wanted to be fully involved in the project

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Recent Examples of fully What a fully healthy season for Kim would have looked like will never be known. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 15 Oct. 2026 To support that conclusion, Gates cites a demand in Washburn’s petition to CWP that would prohibit the council from doing any outreach that promotes the role of hunting in wildlife management fully six months before an election. — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026 The 21 states fully running their own marketplaces generally have more robust fraud prevention programs and have reported few or none of the kinds of unauthorized sign-ups plaguing the federal marketplace. — Julie Appleby, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026 The benefits were observed across different body weights and were not fully explained by weight loss. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fully

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This is a major milestone for us, but honestly, that happened completely naturally and organically.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
The screen is also a pleasure to read, both with the backlight and completely unlit under natural light, with text looking sharp and even grayscale renderings of color art showing plenty of detail.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of completely

Adverb

Police arrested him again in April 2023 and started combing through the forest more systematically and exhuming mass graves.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
The Embodied Neurocomputation Framework treats this as an engineering problem, systematically optimizing information entering the neural network.

— Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of systematically

Adverb

In a series thoroughly well cast (by Jessica Kelly and Lisa Parasyn), Lee and Brennan, especially, stand out as originals, their performances drawn from life, or some private corner of their imagination.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Blazy’s collection this season references an unstructured 1920s silhouette, while this style’s homage to the house’s boucle tweed, embellished with paillettes, creates a thoroughly modern evening look.

— Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of thoroughly

Adverb

But now, as everything online morphs into algorithmic social media, the case for concern has crystallized into something quite specific.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Few sports have embraced the pursuit of new audiences quite like F1, the motorsport league acquired by Liberty Media nearly a decade ago.

— Sam Jacobs, Time, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of quite

Adverb

Rising fuel costs, discontent with the state of schools, declining public services and a housing crisis have created perfectly stormy weather for an autumn of protests in Europe.

— Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
This process, which generates perfectly crystalline silicon ingots to be sliced like fragile metallic salamis into thin wafers, is entrusted largely to one firm in Taiwan and two in Japan.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of perfectly

Adverb

Netflix, Disney+, Tubi and others are aggressively cutting deals for top creators, in some cases securing wholly original programming or day-and-date releases with YouTube, offering millions of dollars in the process.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Some experts believe this is a good start, but many see it as wholly inadequate.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of wholly

Adverb

In the year 2026, college athletics are all about athlete empowerment and welfare—think, stratospheric compensation in the form of name, image and likeness.

— Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Roan recently performed at Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Festival in late August as part of an all-female lineup that featured Doechii, Rachel Chinouriri, Garbage, the Breeders and more.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

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