Utterly vs Utterance - What's the difference?
utterly | utterance |
completely, entirely, to the fullest extent
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An act of uttering.
* (John Milton)
Something spoken.
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The ability to speak.
Manner of speaking.
* Bible, Acts ii. 4
* (John Keats)
(obsolete) Sale by offering to the public.
(obsolete) Putting in circulation.
The utmost extremity (of a fight etc.).
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As an adverb utterly
is completely, entirely, to the fullest extent.As a noun utterance is
an act of uttering or utterance can be the utmost extremity (of a fight etc).utterly
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Adverb
(-)- Well now we are utterly lost.
- I have failed you utterly .
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Synonyms
* See alsoutterance
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Alternative forms
* utteraunceEtymology 1
FromNoun
(en noun)- at length gave utterance to these words
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- To know how one should express oneself in saying or judging that there really are falsehoods without getting caught up in contradiction by such an utterance : that's extremely difficult, Theaetetus.
- Theybegan to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance .
- O, how unlike / To that large utterance of the early gods!
- (Francis Bacon)