completely and utterly

adverb

Totally; entirely.

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Meanings

adverbcompletely and utterly (not comparable)
  1. idiomaticnot comparableTotally; entirely.

    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.

    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
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    "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?[…]"

    1905, Henry C. Rowland, The Mountain of Fears, Two Gentlemen

    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.

    1927, William Byron Mowery, Pirates Of The Muskeg
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“completely and utterly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/completely%20and%20utterly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “completely and utterly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/completely%20and%20utterly.

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