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Meanings of utterly in English

Portuguese
100 por cento

Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers.

100 por cento
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Examples for "dead"
Examples for "dead"
1
I ran inside and said 'Is he dead?' and they said yes.
News.com.au
2
Among the dead was an American citizen, a State Department official said.
The South African
3
He could not help but state the obvious: 'You should be dead.'
Dancer’s Lament
4
He has shot dead at least 12 victims so far, police say.
News.com.au
5
She was hearing reports of unchecked violence, widespread chaos, thousands presumed dead.
Zeitoun
1
Of course, Microsoft had perfectly good reasons for undertaking the security overhaul.
Wired
2
The industry proposals are perfectly sensible and increase parental control and choice.
The Guardian
3
And yet, this almost perfectly describes what actually happened this past week.
The Guardian
4
Let's be perfectly clear: This rule only applies to our domestic travellers.
The South African
5
It's perfectly logical; you talk like somebody living a thousand years ago.
Nova
1
In the case of List of the Lost, however, it's absolutely true.
The Guardian
2
I have made my view absolutely clear and my intention absolutely clear.
Radio NZ
3
Power tends to corrupt, he said memorably, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The Irish Times
4
Now, let us get one thing absolutely clear right from the start.
A Wiccan Bible
5
The best of Reuters news delivered right into your inbox absolutely free.
Reuters
Usage of utterly in English
1
Israeli politics was utterly convulsed yesterday by the Wye River summit deal.
The Irish Times
2
It was lifted up high above the town; shut in; utterly secluded.
The Tree of Heaven
3
Commenting on her new role she said: I'm thrilled and utterly delighted.
The Irish Times
4
He felt utterly responsible for what had happened and for Marta's state.
Gratitude
5
Long, long afterward, without the slightest warning, an utterly strange voice spoke.
The silver chair
6
We hear, utterly anew, phrases hardly unknown today, just radically racially inverted.
The Guardian
7
She couldn't breathe, couldn't think, could only feel-andknow herself utterly content.
The devil she knows
8
Nothing seemed to be hurting in particular; she just felt utterly breathless.
The golden compass
9
Hart was reading, the way he did read: silently, rapidly, utterly absorbed.
Good things I wish you
10
Some days I am utterly furious at the state of the world.
Feminist dot com
11
It was utterly impossible to believe-andeven more absurd to deny it.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
12
The prisoner had fallen in the middle of the road, utterly exhausted.
The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution
13
Italy was another country then, a world that has utterly vanished today.
The monster of florence
14
And in that brief moment, she suddenly looked utterly and completely lost.
Just the Sexiest Man Alive
15
An utterly devastating bus crash has taken place in the Eastern Cape.
The South African
16
Grudje met James' eyes for a long moment, his gaze utterly inscrutable.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
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