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full-on

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. All-out; out and out; complete; utter.
  2. Extreme; to the maximum degree.

Examples

“This was a full-on jungle, full of all kinds of creepy things - snakes, spiders. They expected Tarzan to come⟳ swinging by on a vine.”
“It only takes a little tweaking for the Simpsons’ home to become⟳ a full-on freak show⟳, with Homer as its perpetually apoplectic main attraction.”
“"Seven years," he confirms. "Nobody else has done more than four. The job has been wonderfully rewarding, but very full-on. There hasn't been a lot of time in my life for normal things. I needed to find⟳ a better balance." Unprompted, he dives straight into the obvious question⟳: having told everyone he intended to be the last⟳ chief executive of Network Rail, why the change⟳ of heart?”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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