fully
/ˈfʊli/adverb
fully is spelled F-U-L-L-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 78 times per million words in written English, the 1,369th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, fully means “In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fully?
| Letters | 5: F-U-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 78 times per million words; the 1,369th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fully?
Fully appears 78 times per million words in written English, the 1,369th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fully?
- US /ˈfʊli/
- British /ˈfɵlɪj/
- /ˈfʉle/
Fully has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fully.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fully?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fully from its last stressed vowel (/ʊli/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of fully
- more fully comparative
- most fully superlative
- fullies present, singular, he/she/it
- fullying participle, present
- fullied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fully mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely.
He is fully capable of meeting his responsibilities.
- 2
Used as an intensifier for a quantity.
it was fully four hours before we arrived home.
- 3
Exactly, equally.
- 4
rareSo as to be full (not hungry); to satiation.
to eat fully
- 5
colloquialUsed as a general intensifier; actually, really, literally.
I fully woke up at like 12 p.m. yesterday.
verb
- 1
obsoleteslangTo commit or send someone to trial.
That would have stirred them up a bit – Charles Pearce in court! Instead of which he was John Ward, and if he was fullied he'd probably get seven years at the most five, perhaps – and then he could be ill and be released on ticket.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fully in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | entièrement, complètement |
| Portuguese | completamente |
| Spanish | completamente, de todo punto, lleneramente , a fondo |
| German | völlig |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fully come from?
From Middle English fully, fulliche, volliche, from Old English fullīċe (“fully”), equivalent to full + -ly. Compare German völlig (“fully”), Swedish fullt (“fully”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).