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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

utterly From the web:

  • what utterly means
  • what utterly means in spanish
  • utterly beautiful meaning
  • what utterly shocked means
  • utterly ridiculous meaning
  • utterly what does it means
  • what is utterly butterly
  • what does utterly

patently

English

Etymology

patent +? -ly

Pronunciation

Many speakers prefer to use the long a pronunciation of the homograph patent in its sense meaning "open" or "clear", whereas the short a pronunciation is the norm for its sense meaning "a government-issued temporary monopoly on an idea" (the senses are cognate but long since differentiated). In this view, prescriptively, the adverb patently is best pronounced with a long a, although descriptively it is true that speakers often pronounce it with a short a. See patent § Pronunciation, patent § Etymology 1, and patent § Etymology 2.

Adverb

patently (comparative more patently, superlative most patently)

  1. In a clear and unambiguous manner.

Usage notes

Some adjectives commonly collocating with patently: obvious, clear, wrong, incorrect, false, true

Synonyms

  • expressly, unambiguously, demonstrably; see also Thesaurus:explicitly

Translations

patently From the web:

  • what patently mean
  • what patently offensive mean
  • patently what does it mean
  • what does patently false mean
  • what is patently stupid
  • what does patently offensive mean
  • what does patently obvious mean
  • what is patently offensive
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