All 3 Uses of
utter
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
- CHRISTIAN: Oh utterly!†
Act 3 *utterly = completely or totally
- CHRISTIAN: But... ROXANE: I read, read again—grew faint for love; I was thine utterly.†
Act 4
- And—had you had the necessary wit, To serve me all the pleasantries I quote Before this noble audience...e'en so, You would not have been let to utter one— Nay, not the half or quarter of such jest!†
Act 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
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, and archaically, utter can mean to let out.