Fully
Fully adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Usage example: only with daybreak did we fully realize the extent of the damage from the storm
Nearby Word: full
Roughly
Roughly adverb - Close to but not exactly.
Both words in one sentence
- Tolkien was a professor of linguistics and fully aware how unrealistic this trope is, but he used it anyway with the (roughly) 500-year-old Gollum in The Lord of the Rings.
Source: Eternal English -
Fully adult female Clan in The Clan Chronicles have hair with a mind of its own that twitches and curls roughly in tune with their emotions.
Source: Expressive Hair - Lastly, it takes roughly a year for someone to fully change into a vampire, longer if they don't consume the massive amounts of nutrients the change requires.
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