Fully vs Folly - What's the difference?
fully | folly |
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.
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, 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.}}
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Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
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As an adverb fully
is in a full manner; without lack or defect.As a noun folly is
.fully
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Adverb
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- 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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Synonyms
* (in a full manner) * (to a full extent) (undifferentiated synonyms) * completely * entirely * maturely * plentifully * abundantly * plenteously * copiously * largely * amply * sufficiently * perfectlyfolly
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Noun
(follies)- This is a war of folly .
- The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's folly.
- A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly .
