All 3 Uses of
utter
in
A Thousand Acres
- He said this utterly without embarrassment.†
p. 29.4utterly = completely or totally
- When he engaged me in conversation about this problem, I tried to sound concerned and helpful, but all the time I was imagining them naked somewhere, relieved to be alone, giddy and giggling and utterly sufficient to themselves.†
p. 310.0 *
- Rose gazed down at me with utter seriousness, her eyes deep and dark, her mouth carved from marble.†
p. 274.5
Definitions:
-
(1)
(utter as in: utter stupidity) complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)
-
(2)
(utter as in: utter a complaint) say something or make a sound with the voice
-
(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, and archaically, utter can mean to let out.