All 7 Uses of
utter
in
Main Street
- How utterly absurd!†
Chpt 14 (definition 1)
- She was indignant that Carol should not be utterly fulfilled in having borne Kennicott's child.†
Chpt 21 (definition 1) *
- She did not utter them so compactly that they can be given in her words; they were roughened with "Well, you see" and "if you get what I mean" and "I don't know that I'm making myself clear."†
Chpt 22 (definition 1)
- With unusual solicitude he uttered his stock phrase, "Well, what seems to be the matter, Maud?"†
Chpt 25 (definition 2) *
- From the front, Howland & Gould's grocery was smug enough, but attached to the rear was a lean-to of storm streaked pine lumber with a sanded tar roof—a staggering doubtful shed behind which was a heap of ashes, splintered packing-boxes, shreds of excelsior, crumpled straw-board, broken olive-bottles, rotten fruit, and utterly disintegrated vegetables: orange carrots turning black, and potatoes with ulcers.†
Chpt 29 (definition 1)
- Now she lay across the bed, in crumpled lavender cotton and shabby pumps, very feminine, utterly cowed.†
Chpt 32 (definition 1)
- Though she should return, she said, she would not be utterly defeated.†
Chpt 38 (definition 1)
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