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▪ I. † ˈfully, a. Obs.
[f. full a. + -y1.]
Complete, perfect, thorough, without defect. Also, of a full or rounded form.
a1300E.E. Psalter cxxxviii[i]. 22 With fulli hatereden hated I þa. a1300Cursor M. 9862 All es fulli þat he wroght. 1505in Mem. Hen. VII (Rolls) 232 The said queen's [Joanna, of Naples] breasts be somewhat great and fully..they were trussed somewhat high..the which causeth her grace to seem much the fullyer, & her neck to be the shorter. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 1366 Well byloued father this is my fully mynde.
Hence † ˈfullily adv., completely, fully; † ˈfulliness, fullness.
a1300Cursor M. 10404 (Cott.) Þe takening of a hundret tale Al fullines it takens hale. 1375Barbour Bruce ii. 424 And haid till erd gane fullyly, Ne war he hynt him by his sted. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, Baptista 207 Al þe lafe..of his gret fullyness has tane. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 127 All the laif..wes..with the said bischop fullelie remittit. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 174 S. Johne..is fullalie occupied in commending vnto vs brotherlie charitie.
▪ II. fully, adv.|ˈfʊlɪ|
Forms: see full a. and -ly2.
[OE. fullíce, f. full a. + líce -ly2 = OS. fullîko, OHG. follicho (MHG. volliche).]
a. In a full manner or degree; to the full, without deficiency; completely, entirely; thoroughly, exactly, quite. † fully and by (Naut.) = full and by: see by B. 1 d; fully-fashioned a., of a garment (esp. a stocking): shaped to fit closely to the body; also transf.; fully-fledged a. = full-fledged (see full adv. 5 b).
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. ii. iii. (1890) 104 Heo [the church] þa ᵹyta næs fullice ᵹeworht ne ᵹehalᵹod. c1050Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia VIII. 306 Þæt he fullice ᵹefrætwod sy mid feower & twentiᵹ tidum. c1175Lamb. Hom. 73 He nis noht fulliche cristene mon þet [etc.]. c1205Lay. 14150 Ich beo i þine londe fulliche at-stonde. c1230Hali Meid. 11 Meidenhad is te blosme þat beo ha eanes fulliche forcoruen, ne spruteð ha neauer eft. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 29/6 Þat fulliche so holi man nas. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 476 Unnethes es a child born fully That it ne bygynnes to goule. 1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 50 We fulliche vndirstondend ȝour lettres. c1440Lanfranc's Cirurg. 87 Him nediþ his medicyn I-maad nouȝt fulliche so drie. c1440Douce MS. 55 ch. xx, Lete it nat buille fully. c1440Gesta Rom. ii. 5 (Harl. MS.) Whenne the candell was liȝt, þey sawe fully the toode sitting on his brest. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 26 More opynner and fullyor than he knewe afore. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 230 b, All the powers & desyres of mannes soule shall be fully contented & quyeted. 1611Bible Rev. xiv. 18 Gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 187 Italian, Spanish, and Greek, who fully pronounce every letter in the word. 1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts 275 His eyes..are so fully placed as is most comely. 1653Baxter Chr. Concord 19 The things that we thought should be fullier expressed then in the ancient Creed, are these. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. ii. 63, I know that thou art one who hast been fully perswaded. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. i. 15 Sheeps Wooll, that is fully as hard and coarse as Hogs Hair. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. iii, In this I satisfied him fully. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) E ee, Fully and by! 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest i, And introduced the strangers more fully to each other. 1845M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 17 Inferior Franks..posted themselves, fully armed, outside. 1848C. Brontë J. Eyre v, By the time that exercise was terminated, day had fully dawned. 1891law times XC. 441/2 Both sides should be heard, and heard fully. 1906Daily Chron. 23 Mar. 4/4 This suggestion that unions should be compulsorily converted into fully-fledged corporate bodies. 1923–4Army & Navy Stores Catal. 649 Cashmere hose, fully fashioned. 1936Discovery Aug. 262/1 It was thought that a gap intervened between the Old and the New Stone Ages, during which man retreated from Northern Europe to return fully-fledged as neolithic man. 1945R. Dimbleby in L. Miall R.D., Broadcaster (1966) 41 A woman friend..wearing what looked to me like fully-fashioned silk stockings. 1946Picture Post 11 May 17/2 Pure silk stockings cost about 25s. a pair, and fully-fashioned ‘mixtures’ from 15s. to about 6s. 1957C. Hunt Guide to Communist Jargon xxvi. 92 Fully-fledged nations..possessing a common language, territory, economic life and national character. 1959Times 28 May 13/4 More fully-fashioned stockings are being sold in Britain to-day than ever before. 1963A. J. Hall Textile Sci. iii. 149 Use must be made of a fully-fashioned knitting machine. 1971Engineering Apr. 27/2 Management and marketing are now fully-fledged subjects in their own right.
b. With numerals and expressions of quantity. Also (to eat, feed) fully = to satiety.
a1300Cursor M. 488 Þar he badd noght fullik an vre. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 4570 Anticrist..Sal regne thre yhere and a half fully. c1380Sir Ferumb. 2092 Fuliche ne is he noȝt now fram þe vj fet y-mete in brede. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 111 Ne take his ese [wolde he] fully half a day. c1425Craft Nombrynge (E.E.T.S.) 26 By twene an hundryth and a thowsande, so þat it be not a þowsande fully. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccvii. 189 The kyng had not yet fullych eten. 1552Bk. Com. Prayer, Ordination Pref., Fully thyrtie yeres of age. c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. cxxxii. x, The poore..with store of bread Shall fully all be fedd. 1720Pope Iliad xxiii. 220 Behold Achilles' promise fully paid. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1877) II. ii. 25 Hesitation lasting fully two days.
▪ III. fully, v. slang.|ˈfʊlɪ|
[f. the adv., in phr. ‘fully committed for trial’.]
trans. To commit (a person) for trial. Hence ˈfullied ppl. a.
1849Sessions Papers 1 Feb. 324 The prisoner said..he expected either to be turned up or fully'd..—those are cant expressions, meaning either to be discharged, or committed for trial. 1859Matsell Vocabulum, Fullied, committed for trial. 1926E. Wallace More Educated Evans iv. 97 We found a lot of stolen property in his house, and he is certain to be fullied. 1936J. Curtis Gilt Kid xxix. 281 They'll fully me to the Old Bailey, I reckon. |