1
as in completely
to a full extent or degree
we are in fact utterly out of ideas
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2
as in highly
to a large extent or degree
was utterly overwhelmed by the demands on her time
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Recent Examples of utterly
Best Amazon Memorial Day Bag and Accessory Sales The bags and accessories lining the aisles of Amazon’s Memorial Day sale are utterly *chef’s kiss.
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Annie Blackman, InStyle, 23 May 2026
Tom Burrows Hull’s utterly remarkable turnaround Hull ended last season out of the Championship relegation places on goal difference alone, finishing with 49 points, level with Luton Town, who were relegated to League One as a result.
—Tom Burrows, New York Times, 23 May 2026
The internet remains utterly obsessed with peptides for good reason.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 22 May 2026
Each person gets a single scene but feels utterly real, with Will Dagger a standout as the cousin, leaking needy bravado, and Constance Shulman very funny as the funeral director, determined to stage a party for a host who refuses to throw one.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
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Annie Blackman, InStyle, 23 May 2026
Tom Burrows Hull’s utterly remarkable turnaround Hull ended last season out of the Championship relegation places on goal difference alone, finishing with 49 points, level with Luton Town, who were relegated to League One as a result.
—Tom Burrows, New York Times, 23 May 2026
The internet remains utterly obsessed with peptides for good reason.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 22 May 2026
Each person gets a single scene but feels utterly real, with Will Dagger a standout as the cousin, leaking needy bravado, and Constance Shulman very funny as the funeral director, determined to stage a party for a host who refuses to throw one.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for utterly
Adverb
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Then stir or shake the solution until the sugar is completely dissolved.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2026
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Teams are completely shutting down the middle of the field.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Judge Cooper also stated that the highly prestigious Board of the Center was not authorized to add on the name ‘TRUMP’ despite the fact that hundreds of millions of dollars of my time and money will be necessary for its successful reincarnation.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
30 May 2026
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Those kinds of partnerships, where Delta steers customers to a brand and gets a cut of the business, explain why the airline chose Amazon over Starlink as the provider for its in-flight services, to Elon Musk’s highly vocal irritation.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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And then there’s my white slip-on shoes that are comfortable for all-day walking (and are totally TSA-friendly).—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Analyzing these outcomes, Goldman’s Megan Peters wrote in a note this morning, seen by Fortune, that the biggest risk of outright stockouts (where inventory is totally depleted) is in non-oil commodities, where markets are less global, and supply is often regional.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Many must multi-app, though this practice is greatly overstated by the platforms themselves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Of course, that also greatly depends on being fortunate in the health department.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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The story that Meija tells is also quite damning.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Although service is not quite polished, the happy-go-lucky Dutch-Caribbean staff are refreshingly devoid of attitude.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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The rooms Given the building’s design, the rooms vary considerably behind almost every door.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Tickets for that match were considerably cheaper than for the New Jersey opener, though the Los Angeles area was still the second-most-expensive city to attend.—
Joe Murphy,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
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The book is a poetry collection structured in three acts with seven players, each assigned a color of the rainbow and an apparition’s name, each of whom needs an audience to fully exist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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But critics questioned if the arrangement fully addressed the core national security concerns that motivated the TikTok ban legislation in the first place because ByteDance was set to retain control of some of the US app’s operations.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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But there’s also a confidence that those who arrived a year ago will make a much greater contribution next season.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Valentina Torres isn’t real, but the people who cross her path in El Paso very much are.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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“Utterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utterly. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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