Utterly

Definition: Utterly

Utterly

Adverb

1. 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".

2. With sublimity; in a sublime manner; "awaking in me, sublimely unconscious, interest and energy for tackling these tasks".

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Date "utterly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Utterly

Completeness

Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground.

Crosswords: Utterly

Utterly, utterly hopeless. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Two girls utterly infatuated with men who have larger than normal medulla oblongata's. (Van Wilder; writing credit: Brent Goldberg; David Wagner)

He's only planted it in the pan! Yes, actually in the lavatory pan, with compost and everything! I mean, how anyone can be so utterly goofy just boggles the mind a mistake anyone could have made? (One Foot in the Grave; writing credit: David Renwick)

How in the hell can anybody be so utterly stupid as to build a rocket base on the coast of Florida? (The Double Garden; writing credit: Edward D. Wood Jr.)

I destroy it utterly. (Flash Gordon; writing credit: Michael Allin; Alex Raymond)

Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value (1969)

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Books

• Algebra for the Utterly Confused (reference)

• Cats Don't Always Land on Their Feet: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the Cat World (Total Riveting Utterly Entertaining Trivia Series) (reference)

• Job Hunting for the Utterly Confused (reference)

• Not Another Apple for the Teacher: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Teaching (Totally Riveting Utterly Entertaining Trivia Series) (reference)

• Physics for the Utterly Confused (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Utterly Fantastic (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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I sank beside the easel utterly overcome. Credit: Library of Congress.

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All evil customs connected with forests and warrens, foresters and warreners, sheriffs and their officers, river banks and their wardens, shall immediately by inquired into in each county by twelve sworn knights of the same county chosen by the honest men of the same county, and shall, within forty days of the said inquest, be utterly abolished, so as never to be restored, provided always that we previously have intimation thereof, or our justiciar, if we should not be in England. (reference)

Of this point therefore we are to note, that sith men naturally have no full and perfect power to command whole politic multitudes of men, therefore utterly without our consent, we could in such sort be at no man's commandment living. (Second Treatise of Government)

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. (reference)

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They were excellent at what they did and, especially in the discovery process, were utterly absorbed in their work.

The boulevard seemed to be utterly deserted.

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Expressions using "utterly": be utterly alone ♦ be utterly dense ♦ defeat utterly ♦ disregard utterly ♦ spoil utterly ♦ utterly beautiful ♦ utterly different ♦ utterly ignorant. Additional references.

Beginning with "utterly": utterly-spoiled.

Containing "utterly": not-utterly-familiar.

Albanian

tërësisht (all, altogether, at large, completely, entirely, fully, heartily, holus-bolus, outright, sheer, thoroughly, through and through, totally, wholly), plotësisht (absolutely, all, at large, clear, cold, completely, dead, diametrically, entirely, fully, heartily, hollow, large, neck and crop, out and out, outright, perfectly, plain, plenty, Plumb, properly, quite, sheer, sound, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughly, to the full extent, to the ground, totally, up, up to the hilt, well, wholly, wide, widely), kryekëput, krejtësisht (all, altogether, cap-a-pie, completely, entirely, fundamentally, hard, hollow, perfectly, purely, quite, through and through, to a frazzle), gjithsej (altogether, in all, in total, in whole, totally, wholly), absolutisht (absolutely, entirely, implicitly, neck and crop). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نهائيا (finally, never-ever), ‏تماما (all, all right, alright, altogether, completely, decidedly, diametrically, enough, entirely, exactly, fairly, fully, in full, just, ok, okay, okey, perfectly, plumb, precisely, properly, quite, quite so, right, sharp, simply, smack, so far so good, stark, stock, thoroughly, through and through, totally, very, well, wholly, wide). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съвършено (absolutely, completely, ideally, out and out, perfectly, quite, stark, to perfection), крайно (extremely, highly, intolerable, miserably, passing, sopping, terribly, to death, ultra-, unco, unmercifully, unusually), напълно (absolutely, all, altogether, amply, clean, completely, dead, entirely, every bit, fairly, fully, hollow, intimately, largely, out and out, outright, perfectly, quite, richly, sheer, spang, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughly, to the full, to the letter, to the wide, totally, well, whole-hog, wholly, wide, without reserve), извънредно (amain, exceedingly, extremely, immensely, mightily, mortally, most, notably, only too, over, overly, overtime, passing, remarkably, sorely, supremely, terrifically, ultra-, unco, unusually, vastly). (various references)

Chinese 

完全地 (Completely), 不� � (cannot bear, cannot stand, extremely). (various references)

Czech

zcela (absolutely, all, clean, completely, entirely, fully, quite, wholly), naprosto (absolutely, altogether, dead, entirely, flat, fully, heartily, perfectly, quite, sheer, to the hilt, totally), úplnì (absolutely, all, altogether, completely, entirely, in full, off, outright, quite, sheer, throughout, to the hilt, up to the hilt, well, wholly). (various references)

Farsi 

مطلقا, کاملا (Altogether, Intoto, Outright, Quite, Smack, Sopping, Sound, Through, Utter, Wholly), بکلی (Quite, Sheer, Throughout). (various references)

Finnish

täydelleen (completely). (various references)

French

totalement, finalement, complètement. (various references)

German

absolut (absolute, absolutely, complete, definitely, downright, outright, perfectly, starkly, strict, strictly, total, undivided, without fail). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחלוטין (absolutely, completely, entirely, neck and crop), ל�'מרי (altogether, clean, completely, downright, entirely, fully, neck and crop, out and out, over, quite, right, thoroughly, to the wide, totally, up to the hilt, wholly), כליל (complete, completely, downright, entirely, out and out, over, passim, quite, stark, stiff, thoroughly, total, totally, utter, whole), באפן יוצא מן �"כלל (enormously, extremly). (various references)

Hungarian

végképp, teljesen (absolutely, all, altogether, at all, clean, completely, consummately, entirely, from hub to tire up to the hub, full, fully, have sy by the leg, I am done to a frazzle, in full, it's all over with him, out and out, outright, perfectly, purely, quite, regularly, sheer, stark, starkly, thoroughly, through and through, to serve sy hand and foot, to the full, to write out, totally, wholly). (various references)

Italian

completamente (absolutely, all, altogether, clean, completely, downright, entirely, fully, outright, over, quite, right, roundly, sheer, signally, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughout, tight, up, wholly, widely). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

散散 (harshly, severely, terrible), 散々 (harshly, severely, terrible), からす麦 (at all, changing suddenly and completely, completely, oats, quite), かも知れない (at all, banter, because, completely, dried-up, from, may, may be, might, out of, parched, perhaps, persiflage, possibly, quite, since, through), �"れと同じ (complaining about various things, confusion, easily, effortlessly, game of make-believe, huddle, in this way, jarring sound, jumble, like this, mess, misspelling of "ko n ba n ha", misspelling of "kon ni chi ha", mix, rummaging sound, small and round thing rolling, so, something done together, something that changes frequently, such, suddenly, the same as this, trouble). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さ�"ざ�" (harshly, severely, terrible), からきし (at all, completely, quite), からっきし (at all, completely, quite), �"ろりと (easily, effortlessly, suddenly). (various references)

Korean 

완� �하게 (Completely, integrally, Perfectly). (various references)

Manx

magh as magh (downright, exceptionally, sheer, thorough, to the full). (various references)

Pig Latin

erlyuttay

Portuguese

completamente (absolutely, all, all out, altogether, bodily, bolt, broad, clear, completely, consummately, directly, downright, entirely, exactly, fairly, full, fully, jolly, outright, overall, plenty, plumb, precious, quite, thoroughly, through, throughout, up, wholly). (various references)

Romanian

totalmente (absolutely, totally), total (absolute, all out, blank, complete, completely, count, crass, dead, entire, exclusive, gross, inclusive, outright, perfectly, quite, sum, thorough, total, totally, unmitigated, utter, whole, wholly), extrem de (awfully, exceedingly, highly, indeed, inestimably, most, painfully, particularly, to a high degree), cu totul (all, all in all, downright, entirely, every bit, merely, most, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, quite, right, thoroughly, to the full, up to the nines, wholly), complet (absolute, all out, broad, clear, collected, complement, complete, completely, comprehensive, dead, down to the ground, downright, entire, entirely, every bit, every inch, exhaustive, fairly, flat, full, fully, good, hollow, outright, perfect, purely, quite, stark, strict, suite, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughpaced, to the bone, total, unabridged, utter, whole), în mod absolut. (various references)

Russian 

чрезвычайно (capitally, confoundedly, damnably, deadly, enormously, exceedingly, extraordinarily, extremely, highly, immensely, in the extreme, increasingly, like smth., mightily, plenty, ripping, the worst kind), крайне (dooms, exceptionally interesting, extremely, sorely, the worst kind), вконец (thoroughly), дотла (completely). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sasvim (all over, all: at all, clean, completely, dead, entirely, fairly, lock up stock and barrel, plunk, quite, sheer, span-new, stark, stinking, throughout, totally, well, well nigh, whole, wholly, wide), potpuno (absolutely, all over, broadly, completely, consummately, dead, entirely, full scale, fully, outright, purely, roundly, sheer, solely, span-new, stark, thoroughly, throughly, totally, unreservedly, whole). (various references)

Spanish

absolutamente (absolutely, at all, completely, definitely, downright, implicitly, quite). (various references)

Swedish

totalt (all ends up, clear, entirely, fully, globally, in total, sheer, totally). (various references)

Turkish

tamamen (absolutely, all, altogether, at large, bang, bang on, chock, clean, clear, completely, dead, definitely, downright, entirely, exactly, fair, fully, heart and soul, hollow, holo-, hopelessly, in the highest degree, in toto, neck and crop, off, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, precious, properly, quite, richly, roundly, sheer, simply, staring, stark, thoroughly, thro, through, through and through, thru, thru and thru, up to the hilt, well, whole, wholly, wide), sapına kadar (rightdown, to the backbone, to the quick, up to the hilt, utter), düpedüz (completely, downright, flatly, outright, sheer), bütün bütün (altogether, completely, through and through, thru and thru, totally, whole). (various references)

Ukrainian

зовсім (altogether, any, at all, clear, outright, shrewdly, wholly). (various references)

Vietnamese 

ho� n to� n (all, all right, all-in-all, altogether, backbone, clean, completely, consummate, due, full, fully, heartily, hilt, hollow, inch, out-and-out, outright, perfectly, profound, purely, quite, regular, sheer, stark, thorough, thoroughly, undivided, utter, wholly). (various references)

Welsh

ulw (ashes, powder). (various references)

funditus, oppido, prorsus, radicitus, ultimum. (various references)

eallunga. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Utterly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adderly, bttrly, butterly, Buttlerley, Luttrel, Otterlo, umteteli, uteral, uterly, uttery. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: tetryl, turtle.

-2 letters: rutty, truly, tuyer, utter.

-3 letters: lure, lute, lyre, rely, rule, ruly, tret, trey, true, tule, tyer, tyre, yett, yule, yurt.

-4 letters: let, leu, ley, lye, ret, rue, rut, rye, tel, tet, try, tut, tye, yet.

-5 letters: el, er, et, re, ut, ye.

+1 letter: cluttery, fluttery, tutelary.

+2 letters: butterfly, spluttery.

+3 letters: neutrality, texturally.

+4 letters: anticruelty, butterflyer, fortunately, nutritively, reluctantly, resultantly, truculently, turbulently, unutterably.

+5 letters: articulately, butterflyers, butterflying, counterstyle, interfaculty, multiversity, portentously, reputability, reticulately, reticulocyte, stertorously.