utterly

English

Etymology

From utter +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌt.ə(ɹ).li/

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

utterly (not comparable)

1. Completely; entirely; to the fullest extent.

   Well, now we are utterly lost.

   I have failed you utterly.

   • 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph‎^[1]:

     An utterly emphatic 5-0 victory was ultimately capped by two wonder strikes in the last two minutes from Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner. Before that, England had utterly dominated to take another purposeful stride towards the 2013 European Championship in Israel. They have already established a five-point buffer at the top of Group Eight.

   • 2020 December 9, Drachinifel, 20:18 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Cape Esperance (IJN 1 : 2 USN)‎^[2], archived from the original on 4 December 2022:

     Scott, somewhat stunned and now worried that everybody might have opened fire at the U.S. destroyers (he presumably missed Laffey and Farenholt merrily blazing away with their own guns into the darkness), ordered all firing to cease after a couple of minutes. Helena, along with Boise, was already several hundred shells lighter, and both Boise and San Francisco herself actually kept firing, as their captains were utterly sure about their targets; San Francisco's captain was very apologetic as he overruled Admiral Scott.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:completely

Translations

in complete manner — see completely