fully

Etymology 1

From Middle English fully, fulliche, volliche, from Old English fullīċe (“fully”), equivalent to full + -ly. Compare German völlig (“fully”), Swedish fullt (“fully”).

adv

1. In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely.
   He is fully capable of meeting his responsibilities.
   As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess
   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. 2011, William R. Murry, Becoming More Fully Human
   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. 2014, Sondra Higgins Matthaei, Nancy R. Howell, Proleptic Pedagogy: Theological Education Anticipating the Future
2. Used as an intensifier for a quantity.
   it was fully four hours before we arrived home.
3. (Followed by as) Exactly, equally.
4. (rare) So as to be full (not hungry); to satiation.
   to eat fully
5. (colloquial) Used to emphasize an action that is somewhat shocking or unexpected; actually, really, literally.
   I fully woke up at like 12 p.m. yesterday.
   We initially see the full look, but when the camera cuts to another angle of Serena checking her phone and holding a bag, it's clear Blake is fully wearing sweatpants under her dress. 30 January 2023, Mehera Bonner, “A 'Gossip Girl' Editing Error Involving Blake Lively Went Viral on TikTok (Again)”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-24

Etymology 2

A reference to the phrase "the prisoner was fully committed for trial".

verb

1. (slang, obsolete) To commit or send someone to trial.
   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. 1879 October, “Autobiography of a Thief in Thieves' Language”, in Macmillan's Magazine, volume 40, number 240, page 506