All 17 Uses of
utter
in
Harry Potter (#7) and the Deathly Hallows
- "I personally would be utterly bamboozled by all those buttons and knobs," said Dedalus.
Chpt 3 (definition 1)utterly = completely or totally
- The Dursleys, who had listened to all of this with looks of utter incomprehension on their faces, jumped as a loud voice screeched, "Hurry up!"
Chpt 3 (definition 1)utter = complete or total
- It's utter nonsense, if Dumbledore needed work doing, he had the whole Order at his command!
Chpt 6 (definition 1) *
- "Yes, they're here," said Hermione, and to Harry and Ron's utter astonishment, she pulled out a pair of jeans, a sweatshirt, some maroon socks, and finally the silvery Invisibility Cloak.
Chpt 9 (definition 1)
- Harry saw his lips moving soundlessly, undoubtedly framing the insults he was now forbidden to utter.
Chpt 10 (definition 2) *utter = say with the voice
- Kreacher was gulping for air: His hollow chest was rising and falling rapidly, then his eyes flew open and he uttered a bloodcurdling scream.
Chpt 10 (definition 2)uttered = made with the voice
- "Oh, Harry," she said wearily, "it's a pile of utter rubbish."
Chpt 21 (definition 1)utter = complete or total
- Hermione's screams echoed off the walls upstairs, Ron was half sobbing as he pounded the walls with his fists, and Harry in utter desperation seized Hagrid's pouch from around his neck and groped inside it: He pulled out Dumbledore's Snitch and shook it, hoping for he did not know what — nothing happened — he waved the broken halves of the phoenix wand, but they were lifeless — the mirror fragment fell sparkling to the floor, and he saw a gleam of brightest blue — Dumbledore's eye was…
Chpt 23 (definition 1)
- "The — the what?" asked the wandmaker, looking utterly bewildered.
Chpt 24 (definition 1)utterly = completely or totally
- Hermione looked utterly bewildered, but to Harry's enormous relief she accepted the bizarre turn of events without comment.
Chpt 26 (definition 1)
- But to be sure, to be utterly sure, he must return to each of his hiding places, he must redouble protection around each of his Horcruxes…
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- She sat up a little straighter "Potter, it was madness, utter madness, for you to enter this castle-"
Chpt 30 (definition 1)utter = complete or total
- Harry left her floating there, looking utterly bewildered.
Chpt 31 (definition 1)utterly = completely or totally
- Malfoy fell backward on top of the Death Eater, his mouth bleeding, utterly bemused.
Chpt 32 (definition 1)
- Snape looked utterly perplexed.
Chpt 33 (definition 1)
- Happiness seemed to radiate from Dumbledore like light; like fire: Harry had never seen the man so utterly, so palpably content.
Chpt 35 (definition 1)
- They heard uproar from the distant boundary of the school as what sounded like hundreds of people came swarming over the out-of-sight walls and pelted toward the castle, uttering loud war cries.
Chpt 36 (definition 2)uttering = making with the voice
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