All 3 Uses of
utter
in
O Pioneers!
- She said frankly that she knew nothing about such things, and she was willing to be governed by the general conviction that the more useless and utterly unusable objects were, the greater their virtue as ornament.†
Chpt 2.3 *utterly = completely or totally
- She had seldom felt so utterly lonely.†
Chpt 4.5
- Suddenly the woman stirred and uttered a cry, then another, and another.†
Chpt 4.7 *uttered = said (or make a sound) 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
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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.