Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

completely and utterly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: com-plete-ly and ut-ter-ly
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Totally; entirely.

Example Sentences

""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?[…]""
"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."
"For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind."

Phrases

complete and utter

Frequently Paired Words

complete and utter

Questions

What does completely and utterly mean?: Totally; entirely.

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