How do you use Utterly in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like absolutely or perfectly, plus the exact meaning.
Utterly in a sentence
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Utterly meaning
Completely; entirely; to the fullest extent.
Synonyms of Utterly
Using Utterly
- The main meaning on this page is: Completely; entirely; to the fullest extent.
- Useful related words include: absolutely, perfectly, dead.
- In the example corpus, utterly often appears in combinations such as: and utterly, is utterly, was utterly.
Context around Utterly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Utterly
- In this selection, "utterly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, newcastle, joyless, blind, joyless, sapping and hopeless stand out and add context to how "utterly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include but fair utterly reasonable on and comforts and utterly self centered. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "utterly" sits close to words such as cleaner, denial and explorer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with utterly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But he was otherwise utterly helpless. (6 words)
A few years ago, Lindsay was utterly stressed. (8 words)
At that point, she was utterly baffled and ready to head home. (12 words)
Aaron Carriere, 21, and Josiah Manful, 20, were lured to a quiet residential road in Leytonstone, east London, where they were 'boxed in' by their killers and stabbed 24 times in less than a minute in 'a swift, frenzied and utterly brutal attack'. (43 words)
In his review in the New York Herald Tribune, Howard Barnes called Cooper's performance a "splendid and utterly persuasive portrayal" Dickens 1970, p. 180. and praised his "utterly realistic acting which comes through with such authority". (37 words)
He may have made the latest decision to do so without adequate warning to his military commanders, but his decision is utterly consistent with his promises, and it is utterly in compliance with the Constitution. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
This is the endless modern limbo of Newcastle: utterly joyless, utterly sapping and utterly hopeless.
He may have made the latest decision to do so without adequate warning to his military commanders, but his decision is utterly consistent with his promises, and it is utterly in compliance with the Constitution.
In his review in the New York Herald Tribune, Howard Barnes called Cooper's performance a "splendid and utterly persuasive portrayal" Dickens 1970, p. 180. and praised his "utterly realistic acting which comes through with such authority".
Tertullian did not hesitate to call his opponents blind, utterly perverse, or utterly stupid.
Aaron Carriere, 21, and Josiah Manful, 20, were lured to a quiet residential road in Leytonstone, east London, where they were 'boxed in' by their killers and stabbed 24 times in less than a minute in 'a swift, frenzied and utterly brutal attack'.
According to the commission, WPA’s statement is “utterly irresponsible” and must be rejected by every citizen.
A few years ago, Lindsay was utterly stressed.
A former schoolmaster who, because of a small inheritance, has been able to retire to the country, Hopkins is vain, envious of others, accustomed to his domestic comforts and utterly self-centered.
After all it was an utterly dismal opening 45 minutes for the visitors, who simply could not handle 's constant bombardment down the right-hand side.
After the match, Spurs posted on Twitter: “We have been made aware of the utterly reprehensible online racist abuse directed at Heung-Min Son during today’s match, which has been reported by the club.
And then we wonder why so many people feel so utterly disillusioned and depressed.
Apart from Jadeja, another Indian spinner who utterly impressed everyone was Ravichandran Ashwin.
As a father of three, I am utterly heartbroken by this senseless act of violence.
At that point, she was utterly baffled and ready to head home.
Barker is excellent: dogged but fair, utterly reasonable, on the side of Wiley’s family.
Bob is left utterly frazzled by the turn of events as Bernice tries to calm Cathy, offering her an amethyst pendant to cope with her stress.
But as overall resources shrink with falling enrollments and an increasingly hostile public on which universities are utterly dependent for support, maybe all the campus protagonists will end up losers.
But, as the rabbis grimly informed us, on October 7 and the days that followed, they were utterly overwhelmed, soon running out of gurneys on which to put the bodies.
But he was otherwise utterly helpless.
But Mr Sunak told reporters Mr Slater’s attack on his record was “completely and utterly wrong”.
Common combinations with utterly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and utterly 31×
- is utterly 22×
- was utterly 18×
- are utterly 10×
- an utterly 9×
- were utterly 7×
- been utterly 7×
- be utterly 6×
- the utterly 5×
- utterly ridiculous 5×