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Pronounce vs Utterly - What's the difference?

pronounce | utterly |

As a verb pronounce

is to formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.

As an adverb utterly is

completely, entirely, to the fullest extent.

pronounce

English

Verb

(pronounc)
  • To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced . The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
  • To pass judgment.
  • To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
  • * 1869 , (Mark Twain), The Innocents Abroad , page 182:
    • They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce' it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they ' pronounce .
  • *
  • To produce the components of speech.
  • To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
  • To read aloud.

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    * pronounceable * pronounced * pronouncer * pronouncing

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    utterly

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • completely, entirely, to the fullest extent
    • Well now we are utterly lost.
    I have failed you utterly .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph 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. }}

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