All 6 Uses of
utter
in
Mansfield Park
- They walked off, utterly heedless of Mr. Rushworth's repeated question of, "Shall I go too?"
Chpt 19 (definition 1) *utterly = completely
- She knelt in spirit to her uncle, and her bosom swelled to utter, "Oh, not to him!"
Chpt 19 (definition 2) *utter = say
- It was some time before she could get his attention to her plan, or any answer to her demand of his opinion: he was in a reverie of fond reflection, uttering only now and then a few half-sentences of praise; but when he did awake and understand, he was very decided in opposing what she wished.
Chpt 27 (definition 2)uttering = saying
- "I wished to engage Miss Crawford for the two first dances," was the explanation that followed, and brought Fanny to life again, enabling her, as she found she was expected to speak, to utter something like an inquiry as to the result.
Chpt 27 (definition 2)utter = say
- Good sense, like hers, will always act when really called upon; and she found that she had been able to name him to her mother, and recall her remembrance of the name, as that of "William's friend," though she could not previously have believed herself capable of uttering a syllable at such a moment.
Chpt 41 (definition 2)uttering = saying
- It was too horrible a confusion of guilt, too gross a complication of evil, for human nature, not in a state of utter barbarism, to be capable of! yet her judgment told her it was so.
Chpt 46 (definition 1)utter = complete or total
Definitions:
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(1) (utter as in: utter stupidity) complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)
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(2) (utter as in: utter a complaint) say something or make a sound with the voice