Moderately vs Utterly - What's the difference?
moderately | utterly |
In a moderate manner.
To a moderate extent or degree.
completely, entirely, to the fullest extent
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 10
, author=Jeremy Wilson
, title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report
, work=Telegraph
As adverbs the difference between moderately and utterly
is that moderately is in a moderate manner while utterly is completely, entirely, to the fullest extent.moderately
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- During the debate, they disagreed plainly, but moderately .
- They were at least moderately happy with their bonuses.
utterly
English
Adverb
(-)- Well now we are utterly lost.
- I have failed you utterly .
citation, page= , passage=An utterly' emphatic 5-0 victory was ultimately capped by two wonder strikes in the last two minutes from Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner. Before that, England had ' utterly dominated to take another purposeful stride towards the 2013 European Championship in Israel. They have already established a five-point buffer at the top of Group Eight. }}