utterly

adverb

ut·ter·ly ˈə-tər-lē

: to an absolute or extreme degree : to the full extent : in an utter manner : absolutely, entirely, totally

Just when you're expecting to hear something trite or ordinary, Rich invents a tasty, utterly charming piece of ear candy.—

Carol Cooper

Whatever this stuff is, it comprises as much as 90% of the mass of the universe. It is also utterly invisible.—

M. Mitchell Waldrop

… a fascinating read, despite the fact that its unique tone is utterly lost in translation.—

Ian Buruma

Cut off utterly from her past, but socially unacceptable in this new world, Irene chooses the same refuge that's worked for her as a child: poetry.—

Sue Miller

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we are in fact utterly out of ideas was utterly overwhelmed by the demands on her time

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With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious. —

Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 To the utterly vanquished and frequently mocked 3-14 Cleveland Browns goes the second pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. —

Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Just completely and utterly tone deaf to the moment. —

Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 The Basket This utterly irresistible addition to the Loewe oeuvre debuted at the spring 2017 womenswear show, and the world hasn’t been the same since. —

Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for utterly