UTTERLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does utterly mean? 

• UTTERLY (adverb)
  The adverb UTTERLY has 1 sense:

1. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

  Familiarity information: UTTERLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UTTERLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

Synonyms:

absolutely; dead; perfectly; utterly

Context example:

dead right

Pertainym:

utter (without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers)

 Context examples 

“It is possible that I am utterly mistaken. The cigarettes will show me.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I never beheld anything so utterly destroyed.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

My reason wavered, but it did not fail me utterly.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

From that evening she has utterly vanished.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When confronted with his cravat, he turned very pale, and was utterly unable to account for its presence in the hand of the murdered man.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The man sat huddled up in his chair, with his head sunk upon his breast, like one who is utterly crushed.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Surely there can be little in this world more awful than the spectacle of a strong man in the moment when he is utterly weak and broken.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"What do you think of it? Is it utterly hopeless? How does it compare with other men's work?"

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But he was on his feet again in a second and made another dash, now utterly bewildered, right under the nearest of the coming horses.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Who would have thought that this cow, which was to bring him milk and butter and cheese, was all that time utterly dry?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)