Fully vs Fulfill - What's the difference?
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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.}}
(archaic) To fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.
To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).
As an adverb fully
is in a full manner; without lack or defect.As a verb fulfill is
to fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.fully
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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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