Both Uses of
utter
in
Sense and Sensibility
- "— Elinor could have given her immediate relief by suggesting the possibility of its being Miss Morton's mother, rather than her own, whom they were about to behold; but instead of doing that, she assured her, and with great sincerity, that she did pity her—to the utter amazement of Lucy, who, though really uncomfortable herself, hoped at least to be an object of irrepressible envy to Elinor.†
Chpt 34
- At these words, Marianne's eyes expressed the astonishment which her lips could not utter.†
Chpt 37 *
Definition:
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(utter as in: utter stupidity) complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)