Home / Dictionary / Utterly

Utterly Common

Utterly has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adverb

Definitions
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

completely, entirely, to the fullest extent

"The storm left us utterly powerless to control our fate."

In plain English: Utterly means completely or totally without any doubt left over.

"I was utterly exhausted after working all night without sleep."

Usage: Use "utterly" primarily with negative adjectives or verbs to emphasize total negation, such as in "utterly useless," rather than pairing it with positive terms where "completely" might sound more natural. Avoid using it before nouns; instead, place it directly before the adjective or verb it modifies.

Example Sentences
"I was utterly exhausted after working all night without sleep." adv
"The storm was utterly fierce last night." adv
"I am utterly exhausted after working all day." adv
"She felt utterly ignored during the meeting." adv
Related Terms

Origin

From utter + -ly.

Rhyming Words
orly burly curly carly hurly karly parly surly wurly early marly airly girly whirly quirly nearly fairly uberly charly knurly
Compare
Utterly vs