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▪ I. † ˈutterly, a. Obs. rare. Also 3 -liche. [f. utter a. + -ly1. Cf. MHG. ûterlîk, MDu. ûterlic (Du. uiterlijk), MHG. ûȥerlîch (G. äusserlich), Da. yderlig, Sw. ytterlig, extreme, excessive.] 1. Open, manifest; = openly a.
12..Ancr. R. 344 To eueriche preoste mei ancre schriuen hire of swuche openliche [v.r. utterliche] sunnen. 2. Absolute, extreme; final.
c1440Gesta Rom. xciv. 424, I clad my seruaunte, that is, my manhode, nought but to vtterly vtilite and necessite. 1553Gresham Let. in S.P. For. Edw. VI, XII. fol. 37 (P.R.O.), Plenttye of merchauntes wythe-owght exsperyence and substaunce ys the vttyerly [sic] distruccioune of anny Realme. ▪ II. utterly, adv.|ˈʌtəlɪ| Forms: α. 3– utter-, 3–6 vtter- (5 Sc. wtter-), 4–6 vttir-, 4–5 uttir-, 5–6 uttur-, 6 ottorly; also 3–5 -liche, 4–5 -lich, -li (5 -le), 6–7 -lie, -lye. β. 4–5 vterliche, 4 uter-, 4–5 vterly (6 -lie), 4 vtyrly (Sc. wtirly), 6 vtirlie, -ly, vturlie; 4–5 vtrely, -li, Sc. wtrely, 5 wttrely, 4–5 wtraly, 5 vtraly, vtt-, wtt-, uttraly. [f. utter a. + -ly2. Cf. MLG. uterlike, -liken, MDu. uterlike, -lijc, -lic (Du. uiterlijk), MHG. ûȥerliche, -lich (externally, etc.), ON. útarliga (far out); also all-utterly, outerly advs.] †1. Without reserve or extenuation; sincerely, truly, plainly; straight out, straightway. Obs.
a1225Ancr. R. 206 Ine ȝuweðe me deð wundres: gulche hit ut ine schrifte, utterliche. Ibid. 314 Ȝif he nefde iseid utterliche þet ilke þing þet he dude ine childhode, he were idemed among þe uorlorene. c1330Arth. & Merl. 8615 (Kölbing), Ich ȝou sigge vterliche, Þei in þis warld war non oþer swiche [etc.]. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 213 Whanne it is reserued to þe holy gost to ȝeue vtterly conseil in special poyntis. 1450Fastolf in Paston Lett. I. 155 Yff the wydow wolle sylle it.., sendyth me utterly word, for I wolle not melle of it ellys thus avysed. 1539Bible Luke iv. 23 Ye wyll utterly saye unto me this proverbe. 1558–9Act 1 Eliz. c. 1 §9, I A. B. doo utterly testifie and declare in my Conscience, that the Quenes Highnes is [etc.]. †b. Truly, verily, indeed. Obs. rare.
c1400Beryn 848 For vtterlich to have a child was al hir delite. 1526Tindale 1 Cor. vi. 5 Ys there vtterly no wyse man amonge you? Ibid. 7. 2. In a complete or utter manner; to an absolute or extreme degree; altogether, entirely, absolutely; fully, thoroughly, out and out. In very frequent use from c 1400 with α-form. αc1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 710 If I wolde vttirly his sight fle. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 280 Þat is vterly aȝenst goddis biddynge. a1400–50Alexander 1472 We er vtterly vndone. c1430Syr Tryam. 271 Marrok thoght utturly To do the quene a velanye. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xxiv. 514 The persans shall be now vtturli discomfyted. 1528Roy Rede me c ij, Par case they will nott admitt But vtterly make resistence. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 283 They with in the Towne perceauing they were vtterly without reliefe. 1593Sidney's Arcadia iv. (1922) II. 117 Ah of all sides utterly ruined Philoclea, said she. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 92 The suburbes..are vtterly razed. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxvi. 150 The Common-wealth faileth, and is Utterly dissolved; as a building whose Foundation is destroyed. a1700Evelyn Diary 23 March 1688, The French Tyrant..utterly taking away their estates, and their children. 1706Pope Let. to Wycherley 10 April, Pray let me know your mind in this, for I am utterly at a loss. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xxviii, They will not be utterly forsaken. 1844Kinglake Eothen v, The lowly grave..has closed over all his rich fancies... He is utterly married! 1865Kingsley Herew. xxxvi, Torfrida turned herself utterly to serve the Lady Godiva. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 370 Men who so utterly believe that [etc.]. 1883Whitelaw Sophocles, Ajax 519 My life hangs utterly on thee. β1375Barbour Bruce iii. 196 Then wtraly wencusyt is he. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xii. (Mathias) 115 Quhene he vyst wtrely, Þat it wes swa. c1425Wyntoun Cron. i. xvi. 1556 (Cott. MS.), Men may trow ful werraly, And mystrow þis ful vttraly. c1470Henry Wallace xi. 1377 So wttraly it suld beyn at his will. c1520M. Nisbet N. Test. in Scots (S.T.S.) III. 269 And vtralie the fire tuichet nocht thame. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 51 The fatt syde..hes throuch leinnes bene vtirlie deformet. b. Freq. with verbs of perishing, refusal, etc. (a)c1375Sc. Leg. Saints iii. (Andreas) 430 Þat thinge restoryt is but wene, Þat uterly periste has bene. c1380Wyclif Last Age Ch. (1840) 29 Petir þe Apostle..myȝte not uttirly distrie Symoun Magus, but bi helpe of Poul. a1400Chast. Goddes Chyld. 20 They falle in to perylle of deth or elles utterly they lityll and deye. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 175 That he be in perile to be maid outhir crepill,..or to dee utterly. 1538Starkey England 19 Ther be men wych..affyrme..euery one in hys secte to be sauyd, and non to perysch vtturly. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 69 b, It vtterlie destroyeth them. 1611Bible 2 Peter ii. 12 They..shall vtterly perish in their owne corruption. 1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. §1. 181 Gods purpose against Amalek..was utterly to root him out. 1711Addison Spect. No. 124 ⁋2 Millions of Volumes, that would be utterly annihilated. 1816Shelley Dæmon 562 For what thou art shall perish utterly. 1860Tyndall Glaciers i. 98 It would be utterly destroyed before reaching the bottom. 1874Green Short Hist. vi. §3. 287 Literature indeed seemed..to have died as utterly as freedom itself. (b)1422Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 188 Thou shalt wyth⁓stonde a losengeoure vtreli. c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. xxxvii. 107 Sonne, þou maist not haue parfit liberte, but þou denye þiself utterly. 1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 66 He refused hit utterly. a1513Fabyan Chron. vii. (1811) 370 But peas was to theym vtterly denyed. 1558–9Act 1 Eliz. c. 1 §9 Therfore I doo utterly renounce and forsake all forraine Jurisdiccions. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ix. 163 Whitgift..in the presence of the Queen utterly refused it. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. iii. 145 Fire doth utterly refuse any such Division. 1801Med. Jrnl. V. 571 By utterly denying their origin from dentition, he has equally departed from truth. 1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! xxvii, She refused utterly to sing anything but the songs and psalms. c. Qualifying adjs. (Freq. from c 1660, esp. with words implying negation, defect, or opposition).
1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 24 [It] is vttirli vnleful. 14..in Hist. Coll. Citizen London (Camden) 123 Every subgett..shall be utterly fre. c1489Caxton Blanchardyn 138 His suster..was vttyrly fayre. 1553Eden Treat. New Ind. (Arb.) 5 One not vtterlye ignoraunt hereof. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. xviii, The one [knight] was utterly unable to defend himselfe. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. iii. 206 That all warres were utterly unlawfull. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. ii. ii. §1 It was utterly impossible. 1728Morgan Algiers II. iv. 274 That of which he was utterly ignorant. 1777R. Watson Philip II (1793) II. xiv. 23 The limitations..were utterly repugnant to Philip's temper. 1815Shelley Alastor 660 When heaven remained utterly black. 1844Thirlwall Greece VIII. lxii. 173 An utterly hollow pretext. 1871B. Taylor Faust (1875) I. i. v. 69 There the utterly deepest bottom is. 1879F. Harrison Choice of Bks. i, It is..of utterly no importance. |