All 6 Uses of
utter
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below.†
p. 49.9 *uttered = said (or make a sound) with the voice
- At sight of the contents, he uttered one loud sob of such immense relief that I sat petrified.†
p. 78.6
- I knew well that I risked death; for any drug that so potently controlled and shook the very fortress of identity, might by the least scruple of an overdose or at the least inopportunity in the moment of exhibition, utterly blot out that immaterial tabernacle which I looked to it to change.†
p. 85.9utterly = completely or totally
- My reason wavered, but it did not fail me utterly.†
p. 101.8 *
- Utter son of Gaunt Street—you must have heard my name; and meeting you so conveniently, I thought you might admit me.†
p. 17.9
- This was the shocking thing; that the slime of the pit seemed to utter cries and voices; that the amorphous dust gesticulated and sinned; that what was dead, and had no shape, should usurp the offices of life.†
p. 106.2
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) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, and archaically, utter can mean to let out.