utterly
243
3.6
- adverb
- /ˈʌtərli/
- He felt utterly exhausted after a long day at work.
- utterly fail
- utterly unable
- utterly reject
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Watch on YouTubeI think this government has utterly failed British women.
- I think this government has utterly failed British women.
- I mean, that was, yeah, that was an utterly devastating time.
- And yet was utterly unable to commit.
- So the world that we live in is utterly sublime and utterly weird.
- It goes from being absurd to utterly sinister and clinically stupid.
- I've never forgotten it and it's utterly ridiculous.
- But as a default presumption, it's just utterly foolish.
- And here's how he closes this For duty without deeds is utterly meaningless.
- What you did connected with people and was utterly powerful.
- So you can wander utterly lost, without signposts or guide.
- Just to feel so utterly amazing.
- So vivid, so secretive, so utterly exact.
Examples
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You will know what it is to be completely and utterly alone.
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So the world that we live in is utterly sublime and utterly weird.
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I think this government has utterly failed British women.
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Have I been totally and utterly missing in action?
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Those claims were utterly destroyed the same afternoon.
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You make me feel so utterly exposed.
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I was left alone, crying and feeling utterly abandoned.
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The entire student body was utterly grateful for the improvement in their grades.
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The whole House will join me in utterly condemning this attack.
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Anything else is utterly irrelevant and might as well not exist.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Totally, in every way
∞
1.0
Completely and without any doubt
∞
1.0
To be complete with nothing left out
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
∞
1.0
Completely, with nothing left out
∞
2.2
Completely without leaving anything out
855
2.3
To a very great degree
807
1.0
Completely, to show that something is true
340
1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
312
1.0
By a very large amount
257
3.3
Completely with nothing left
226
7.8
Completely used to show strong emphasis
141
4.2
Completely, with nothing left to pay
132
4.7
By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse
131
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
112
3.1
To a very large degree
107
3.5
To a very large degree
99
3.7
To say something is complete or very strong to make a point
97
3.0
By a very large amount
94
2.7
To a very great degree
92
2.1
To a very great degree
87
3.1
In a very strong or focused way
81
3.4
Completely in every way
69
3.5
To a very large degree
54
4.6
To a very great degree
51
3.9
To a very great degree
49
3.4
To a great degree
25
4.5
To a very high degree
16
7.4
To a very large degree
15
8.0
To a very great degree
10
2.3
Totally and without any doubt
8
5.4
To make a describing word much stronger
6
6.1
Very extreme in every way
3
5.8
To a very large degree
1
4.5
Completely, with nothing else causing or helping it
1
8.4
To a very high degree
1
6.0
In a complete and direct way, without any doubt
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Utterly comes from utter, which once meant 'outside' or 'outermost' and is the same root as out and outer. With the ending -ly, utterly came to mean 'completely', so it shows something is fully the case with nothing left.