All 5 Uses of
utter
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- The room is utterly silent.†
Chpt 9 *utterly = completely or totally
- For the first time, he's utterly silent.†
Chpt 21
- Indeed, we are utterly changed, Miss Moore.†
Chpt 23
- At last, Mrs. Nightwing finishes her long-winded address, which makes me utter my own silent prayer of gratitude.†
Chpt 5
- He stares with a look of utter joy on his face.†
Chpt 28
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.