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Princeton's WordNet

  1. absolutely, perfectly, utterly, deadadverb

    completely and without qualification; 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"

Wiktionary

  1. utterlyadverb

    completely, entirely, to the fullest extent

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Utterlyadverb

    Fully; completely; perfectly. For the most part, in an ill sense.

    Etymology: from utter.

    God, whose property is to shew his mercies then greatest, when they are nearest to be utterly despaired. Richard Hooker, b. iv.

    Arguments taken from the authority of men, may not only so far forth as hath been declared, but further also be of some force in human sciences; which force, be it never so small, doth shew that they are not utterly naught. Richard Hooker, b. ii.

    All your int’rest in those territories
    Is utterly bereft you; all is lost. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

    He was so utterly tired with an employment so contrary to his humour, that he did not consider the means that would lead him out of it. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

    While in the flesh we cannot be utterly insensible of the afflictions that befal us. Francis Atterbury.

ChatGPT

  1. utterly

    Utterly refers to completely, absolutely, or to the maximum extent. It is usually used for emphasis to express the totality or wholeness of something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Utterlyadverb

    in an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain

British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'utterly' in Adverbs Frequency: #373

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of utterly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of utterly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of utterly in a Sentence

  1. Luke Serna:

    Those who have enflamed this issue into a racially charged issue should be utterly ASHAMED of themselves, the people who have fallen for this frame-up to smear Coach Laaperi are not worthy of being any part of the discussion regarding this event as it is their intent to try and fan the flames of racism where none existed.

  2. Al Capp:

    [Abstract art is] a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

  3. Jo Malcomson:

    The kids just go utterly crazy, my kids loved it so much I had to take them back the next night fully prepared with water pistols and buckets.

  4. Fox News:

    At the same time, Krauthammer was quick to express disagreement with President Donald Trump in no uncertain terms. He denounced Trump’s handling of the violence that erupted at Charlottesville, Va. protests over the planned removal of a Robert E. Lee statue, saying that most Americans were utterly revolted by right-wing white supremacist neo-Nazi groups.

  5. Jessica Dereschuk:

    (She) was one of the most vibrant, crazy, compassionate, loyal balls of energy you could ever come across in life, a conversation with her could either leave you full of adrenaline or utterly exhausted. She was a spitfire and with Sami you never knew what she'd throw your way - but you always knew she would be there for you. She was awesome like that.

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