different between roundly vs utterly

roundly

English

Etymology

From Middle English roundly, roundely, roundliche, equivalent to round +? -ly.

Adverb

roundly (comparative more roundly, superlative most roundly)

  1. Circularly.
  2. Utterly or thoroughly.
    • 1974, Richard Garrett, General Gordon (page 203)
      When, over in the east, General Valentine Baker led his force of four thousand irregulars against Osman Digna, he was roundly thrashed.
  3. Boldly; openly.
    • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
      Moko, a name given by sportsmen to pheasants killed by mistake during September, before the pheasant-shooting comes in. They pull out their tails, and roundly assert that they are no pheasants at all, but mokos.
  4. Briskly.
  5. Generally.

Synonyms

  • completely, deeply, firmly, fully, perfectly, soundly, thoroughly, totally

Translations

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utterly

English

Etymology

utter +? -ly

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??t.?(?).li/

Adverb

utterly (not comparable)

  1. completely, entirely, to the fullest extent
    Well, now we are utterly lost.
    I have failed you utterly.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:completely

Translations

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