completely and utterly
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2.3
- idiom
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completamente y absolutamente
- I never thought I would find myself completely and utterly consumed by another until her.
- just completely and utterly
We have got this completely and utterly wrong, Nigel.
- We have got this completely and utterly wrong, Nigel.
- Some of these shoes are completely and utterly unwearable.
- The fundamental difference is Liam is completely and utterly truthful.
- These swastikas have got to be completely and utterly cancelled.
- Literally got completely and utterly soaked.
- I'm not sorry about shit because when I said it, it was completely and utterly OK.
- Now it's worth mentioning as well that all of these are pizza friendly, zero animal fur, so completely and utterly delicious.
- So from a very early age, you became masterful at completely and utterly catering to the needs of other people.
- So we are going to completely and utterly reorganize all of the shelves today and we're saying goodbye.
- Nothing works other than you completely and utterly capitulating to them like you do if you're in a cult or something.
Examples
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Though she's surrounded by people all the time, she always feels completely and utterly alone.
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Can we please take a moment to appreciate how completely and utterly brilliant she is?
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No, it is completely and utterly dead.
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You will know what it is to be completely and utterly alone.
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Have you gone completely and utterly out of your mind?
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And they are completely and utterly under the thumb.
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But I'm still completely and utterly confused why?
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We have got this completely and utterly wrong, Nigel.
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Some of these shoes are completely and utterly unwearable.
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You will know what it is to be completely and utterly alone.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Completely and without any doubt
∞
1.0
Totally, in every way
∞
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
775
1.0
Completely, to show that something is true
584
2.3
To a very great degree
351
1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
350
1.0
By a very large amount
341
1.0
You say this when something is completely true
236
3.6
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
151
4.7
By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse
149
3.3
Completely with nothing left
129
3.1
To a very large degree
128
3.5
To a very large degree
103
3.0
By a very large amount
91
3.7
To say something is complete or very strong to make a point
88
3.1
In a very strong or focused way
84
3.4
Completely in every way
84
2.1
To a very great degree
76
3.4
In a way that shows you are sure something is true
70
3.5
To a very large degree
57
4.6
To a very great degree
47
3.4
To a great degree
38
5.5
In a strong, definite way that shows no doubt
35
4.2
Completely, with nothing left to pay
26
4.5
To a very high degree
10
5.4
To a very great degree that you cannot count
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
7
3.7
Completely and without doubt
6
7.4
To a very large degree
5
5.4
To make a describing word much stronger
4
4.4
Adds emphasis to say something is very strong
1
4.5
Completely, with nothing else causing or helping it
1
9.9
To show that you mean something completely, often in a joking way
In a complete and direct way, without any doubt
Antonyms
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
completely + and + utterly
Both constituents 'completely' and 'utterly' individually mean 'totally' or 'entirely', and their combination joined by 'and' simply reinforces that meaning rather than creating a new idiomatic sense. This additive/intensifying pattern is compositionally transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Completely and utterly simply puts two similar strong words together: completely, meaning 'whole' or 'all inside', and utterly, meaning 'complete' or 'even outside'. The picture is like covering something 'inside and out', so the phrase means 'totally' or 'absolutely'.