Definitions for utterly
ut·ter·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.3 / 3 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. utterlyadverb

   completely, entirely, to the fullest extent

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

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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How to say utterly in sign language?

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. Charles Kingsley:

   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.

2. Scott Morrison:

   ( Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP, File) Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Zhaos tweet was utterly outrageous and a terrible slur against Australias military. It is truly repugnant. It is deeply offensive to every Australian, every Australian who has served in that uniform, he told reporters in Canberra. The Chinese government should be totally ashamed of this post. The Chinese government diminishes them in the worlds eyes. CHINESE STUDENTS IN AUSTRALIA FALL VICTIM TO VIRTUAL KIDNAPPING SCAMS : Prime Minister Scott Morrison said The Chinese government had contacted Twitter asking it to take the post down. The post had a warning tag on it by Monday afternoon but could still be viewed. Zhaos account comes with a Twitter label stating that its a Chinese government account. Despite China blocking Twitter and other U.S. social media platforms within the county, Chinese diplomats and state media have established a strong presence on them. Zhao Lijian was criticized by the U.S. in March after tweeting a conspiracy theory that U.S. soldiers may have brought the coronavirus to China. Zhao Lijian is considered a leading representative of Chinas high-pitched new strain of assertive foreign relations. Prime Minister Scott Morrison acknowledged there were tensions between China and Australia. But this is not how you deal with them.

3. Germaine Greer:

   There has come into existence, chiefly in America, a breed of men who claim to be feminists. They imagine that they have understood what women want and that they are capable of giving it to them. They help with the dishes at home and make their own coffee in the office, basking the while in the refulgent consciousness of virtue. Such men are apt to think of the true male feminists as utterly chauvinistic.

4. Annie Dillard, _Pilgrim at Tinker Creek_:

   There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable. There is no way you can tell the child that if language had been a melody, he had mastered it and done well, but that since it was in fact a sense, he had botched it utterly.

5. Neil Findlay:

   Actually what has happened is that the grass roots of the campaign have simply become more resilient and more enthused by every attack, it has been utterly counterproductive.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=utterly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Utterly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=utterly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/utterly
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=utterly