Absolutely vs Fully - What's the difference?
absolutely | fully | Related terms |
In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors.
(grammar) In a manner that does not take an object.
In a full manner; without lack or defect.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 In a full degree; to a full extent.
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As a minimum; at least.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
, passage=In polling by the Pew Research Center in November 2008, fully half the respondents thought the two parties would cooperate more in the coming year, versus only 36 percent who thought the climate would grow more adversarial.}}
Absolutely is a related term of fully.
As adverbs the difference between absolutely and fully
is that absolutely is in an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly while fully is in a full manner; without lack or defect.As an interjection absolutely
is yes; certainly; expression indicating strong agreement .absolutely
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Adverb
(-)Usage notes
* Absolutely'' is not to be confused with intensives such as ''very'' or ''indeed , as it is an unconditional term.Usage notes
* Some commentators, especially in England, criticise the interjectional use as having no useful meaning beyond that of yes;, page 3 however, this assumes that emphasis is useless, which, pragmatically speaking, it isn’t.References
See also
* absitively posolutely English degree adverbsfully
English
Adverb
(en-adv)citation, passage=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.}}
- The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
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