All 7 Uses of
utter
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- Our being, almost utterly carried away by the fury of the storm, streams back through our hands from thee, and we, thy redeemed ones, bury ourselves in thee, and through the long minutes in a mute agony of hope bite into thee with our lips!
Chpt 4 (definition 1)utterly = completely or totally
- Beside us lies a fair-headed recruit in utter terror.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)utter = complete or total
- We are all utterly at a loss.
Chpt 5 (definition 1) *utterly = completely or totally
- ...and a clear voice utters words that bring me peace,
Chpt 5 (definition 2) *utters = says with the voice
- The room shall speak, it must catch me up and hold me, I want to feel that I belong here, I want to hearken and know when I go back to the front that the war will sink down, be drowned utterly in the great home-coming tide, know that it will then be past for ever, and not gnaw us continually, that it will have none but an outward power over us.
Chpt 7 (definition 1)utterly = completely or totally
- He must have heard me, for he gazes at me with a look of utter terror.
Chpt 9 (definition 1)utter = complete or total
- Behind us shells are sending up fountains from the now utterly abandoned village.
Chpt 10 (definition 1)utterly = completely or totally
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