utterly
236
3.6
- adverb
- /ˈʌtərli/
:
completamente
- He felt utterly exhausted after a long day at work.
- utterly fail
- utterly unable
- utterly reject
I 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
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
151
4.7
By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse
149
3.3
Completely with nothing left
137
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
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
70
3.5
To a very large degree
57
2.7
To a very great degree
57
4.6
To a very great degree
50
3.9
To a very great degree
47
3.4
To a great degree
35
4.2
Completely, with nothing left to pay
26
4.5
To a very high degree
14
8.0
To a very great degree
8
2.3
Totally and without any doubt
6
7.4
To a very large degree
5
5.4
To make a describing word much stronger
3
5.8
To a very large degree
3
6.1
Very extreme in every way
1
8.4
To a very high degree
1
4.5
Completely, with nothing else causing or helping it
1
7.8
Completely used to show strong emphasis
In a complete and direct way, without any doubt
Antonyms
Idioms
How Complete
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.