Meaning of utterly in English

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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. with sublimity
Examples
- « in a sublime manner »
- « awaking in me, sublimely unconscious, interest and energy for tackling these tasks »

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