fully

Completely, with nothing missing or left unfinished.

• The battery is fully charged.
• She fully understood the problem after our discussion.
• Have you fully recovered from your illness?

Similar words: completely, entirely, totally

Opposites: partly

Common phrases: fully understand, fully recovered, fully booked, fully capable

Used to emphasize that an amount or number is surprisingly large.

• Fully half the rooms were empty.
• We waited fully three hours before anyone arrived.
• The repair cost fully a thousand pounds.

How to use it: fully + amount (Fully half the students missed the lecture.)

Similar words: as much as, as many as

Common phrases: fully half, fully ten years, fully a third