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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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540 words match “FULLY”

Violently. [Obs.]

RIGHTFULLY adv.

According to right or justice.

SPEEDFULLY adv.

In a speedful manner. [Obs.]

SPRITEFUL; SPRITEFULLY; SPRITELINESS; SPRITELY a.

See Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness, Sprightly, etc.

TRISTFULLY adv.

In a tristful manner; sadly.

UNTHRIFTFULLY adv.

Not thriftily. [Obs.] "Unthriftfully spent." Sir J. Cheke.

In a useful manner.

WILFUL; WILFULLY; WILFULNESS a.

See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness.

WOEFULLY; WOFULLY adv.

In a woeful manner; sorrowfully; mournfully; miserably; dolefully.

To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution. Antony, most large in his abominations. Shak.

To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.

Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with. "Abundant in goodness and truth." Exod. xxxiv. 6. Abundant number (Math.), a number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a deficie…

ABUNDANTLY adv.

In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.

ACCOMPLISH v. 2 definitions

To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise. This that is written must yet be accomplished in me. Luke xxii. 37.

Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.

Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey.

The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something The too easy admission of doctrines. Macaulay.

ADVENTITIOUS a.

Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.