The Nun feels a touch of his humor:-- "Ful wel she song the service divyne, Entuned in hir nose ful semely.
The pore man hente hyt up belyue, And was thereof ful ferly blythe, To hys felaws fast he ran With the lofe, thys pore man.
The kyng of this yle is a ful gret lord and a myghty; and hathe undre him 54 grete yles, that zeven tribute to him: and in everyche of theise yles, is a kyng crowned, and alle ben obeyssant to that kyng.
Thys ys a ful ille lande, and a sondye, and wel lytel fruyt beryng.
For sum men seye, that he sloughe ones an heremyte in his dronkenesse, that he loved ful wel: and therefore he cursed wyn, and hem that drynken it.
For thare groweth lytel goude of corne or wyn, ne benes ne pese: but beestes ben thare y nowe, and that ful grete plente.
Raphe of Rokeby wid ful gode wyl, The freers of Richmond gav her tyll, This sewe toe mende ther fare; Freer Myddeltone by name, He wold bring the felon hame, That rewed hym sineful sare.
Scho wolde hav riven hys privich geare, But Gilbert wyth hys swerde of warre, Hee strake at her ful strang.
Then Mistress Rokebye came anon, And for her brought scho meete ful soone, The sewe cam her untoe.
And in this myroure thow myghte se · myrthes ful manye That leden the wil to lykynge · al thi lyf-tyme.
This appeal to Chaucer is in itself quite touching; here it is: For he that was grounde of well sayinge, In all his lyfe hyndred no makyng, My maister Chaucer yt founde ful many spot Hym list not pynche nor grutche at every blot.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ful" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
