fullness

 
Pronunciation: /ˈfʊlnɪs/
(also fulness)

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1the state of being filled to capacity: scores of tins in different states of fullness
  • the state of having eaten enough or more than enough and feeling full up: the feeling of fullness you acquire from eating brown rice or wholemeal bread
  • the state of being complete or whole: the honesty and fullness of the information they provide
  • 2the state of being filled out so as to produce a rounded shape: the childish fullness of his cheeks
  • the condition of having been cut or designed to give a full shape: hair was cut with a high crown and fullness
  • richness or intensity of flavour, sound, or colour: the champagne is a fine example of mature fullness and ripeness

Phrases

the fullness of one's (or the) heart

literary overwhelming emotion: out of the fullness of our hearts, praise flows out to God

in the fullness of time

after a due length of time has elapsed; eventually: he’ll tell us in the fullness of time

Spelling help

Fullness can also be spelled fulness, with a single l; both are correct, although fullness is far more common.