All 5 Uses of
utter
in
The Mysterious Benedict Society
- Utterly baffled now, the children held their tongues.†
p. 20.5 *utterly = completely or totally
- How strangely similar the two men were, Reynie thought, and yet how utterly different.†
p. 239.9
- Which left only the middle line, and that one utterly baffled them.†
p. 310.9
- Mr. Curtain was doing it to the others, too: Sticky stood blinking and clutching his head, utterly stunned, and Kate was turning round and round, as if seeking her invisible attacker.†
p. 456.7
- And with the walls painted black as they were, if all the lights went out he would be in utter darkness.†
p. 58.5
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.