Both Uses of
utter
in
Girl Interrupted
- Dr. Wick seemed utterly innocent about American culture, which made her an odd choice to head an adolescent girls' ward.†
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- The prevailing wisdom was that they were the reason we were in there, yet they were utterly absent from our hospital lives.†
Definition:
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(utter as in: utter stupidity) complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)