utterly

[ uht-er-lee ]

adverb

1. in an utter manner; completely: absolutely.

   Synonyms: totally, wholly, fully, entirely

ˈutterly

/ ˈʌtəlɪ /

adverb

1. (intensifier)

   I'm utterly miserable

Word History and Origins

Origin of utterly¹

A Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; utter ², -ly

Example Sentences

“I kind of taught myself to get used to it and ignore it, but the week of the election it became utterly impossible to just ignore it.”

From Los Angeles Times

But this is splitting hairs when everything else swirling around them is so utterly dreadful.

From Los Angeles Times

Let’s stop right here in our celebration of Veterans Day and discuss this wholly invented and utterly bogus issue of the “woke” military.

From Salon

For all its demographic changes, Leon’s “Our Town,” which is infused with spirituals from wide-ranging religious traditions, completely accepting of an interracial relationship and welcoming of other forms of diversity that likely would have been pushed to the outer margins in the Grover’s Corners that Wilder imagined, feels utterly in sync with the play’s prevailing spirit.

From Los Angeles Times

“I remember being utterly terrified and couldn’t look away,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• absolutely
• altogether
• completely
• entirely
• extremely
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• perfectly
• quite
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• totally
• wholly