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Meaning of utterly in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Adverb
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Adverb

    utterly

    Definitions

    1. completely and without qualification

    Examples

    • « used informally as intensifiers »
    • « an absolutely magnificent painting »
    • « a perfectly idiotic idea »
    • « you're perfectly right »
    • « utterly miserable »
    • « you can be dead sure of my innocence »
    • « was dead tired »
    • « dead right »
  2. 2. with sublimity

    Examples

    • « in a sublime manner »
    • « awaking in me, sublimely unconscious, interest and energy for tackling these tasks »

Famous quotes

  • « And then when all around grows dark, when we feel utterly alone, when all men right and left pass us by and know us not, a forgotten feeling rises in the breast. »
    Max Muller
  • « A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults. »
    Charles Kingsley
  • « It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age. »
    Margaret Mead
  • « The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple? »
    Eugene Kennedy
  • « Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. »
    Al Capp

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