All 12 Uses of
utter
in
The Idiot
- Hardly had the prince uttered the last word when Gania gave such a fearful shudder that the prince almost cried out.†
Chpt 1.3uttered = said (or make a sound) with the voice
- Gania's irritation increased with every word he uttered, as he walked up and down the room.†
Chpt 1.8
- It seems to me that sincerity, on the other hand, is only possible if combined with a kind of bad taste that would be utterly out of place here.†
Chpt 1.13 *utterly = completely or totally
- And let everyone here forget him—forget him utterly!†
Chpt 3.2
- I have sometimes asked myself how it was that these communities were not utterly swept off the face of the earth, and how they could possibly survive.†
Chpt 3.4
- Absolutely and utterly impossible—and yet, so it must be.†
Chpt 3.9
- The end of the episode was that when Aglaya saw her mother and sisters crying over her and not uttering a word of reproach, she had flung herself into their arms and gone straight home with them.†
Chpt 4.9 *uttering = saying (or making a sound) with the voice
- Say one more such word, and save me from utter ruin.†
Chpt 1.7
- My goodness, what utter twaddle, and what may all this nonsense have signified, pray?†
Chpt 2.12
- He could not understand how that proud and austere beauty could show herself to be such an utter child—a child who probably did not even now understand some words.†
Chpt 3.8
- Nor does every husband feel bound to repeat at every step, "Tu l'as voulu, Georges Dandin!" like another typical personage; and yet how many millions and billions of Georges Dandins there are in real life who feel inclined to utter this soul-drawn cry after their honeymoon, if not the day after the wedding!†
Chpt 4.1
- They never utter a hint about the past, not only in Aglaya's presence, but even among themselves.†
Chpt 4.9
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
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, and archaically, utter can mean to let out.