completely and utterly

English

Adverb

completely and utterly (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Totally; entirely.
    • 1905, Henry C. Rowland, The Mountain of Fears, Two Gentlemen:
      "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? […] "
    • 1927, William Byron Mowery, Pirates Of The Muskeg:
      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.
    • 2017 October 26, Melissa Reph, “You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'”, in The Muhlenberg Weekly, Muhlenberg College, page 3:
      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.
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