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completely and utterly

completely and utterly adverb: totally; entirely.

Adverb

completely and utterly (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Totally; entirely.
    • "Doctor, have you ever witnessed the spectacle of a strong will and high courage becoming completely and utterly dominated, less through lack of strength than excess of imagination, by a creature of far inferior qualities, but overwhelming impudence?[…]"1905, Henry C. Rowland, The Mountain of Fears, Two Gentlemen
    • She stood in the shaft of light that streamed through the open door, and he saw her plainly. And he saw at a first glance that she was completely and utterly a stranger to him.1927, William Byron Mowery, Pirates Of The Muskeg

Questions about completely and utterly

What does completely and utterly mean?
Completely and utterly means totally; entirely.
What part of speech is completely and utterly?
Completely and utterly is an adverb.

Words near completely and utterly in the dictionary

  1. completed the square
  2. completedly
  3. completedness
  4. completedst
  5. completely
  6. completely and utterly
  7. completely metrizable
  8. completement
  9. completeness
  10. completeness axiom
  11. completeness axioms

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