Vocabulary
Utterly
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
completely and without qualification; absolutely.
Urdu meaning
سراسر، قطعاً، بالکل
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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What better evidence of the utterly instrumental and brutalising logics of Pakistani statecraft that the workers who clean the capital`s streets, homes and offices are being evicted from their shanties?
Dawn Editorials —
War on the poor
— 2026-03-13
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Such an attitude is utterly unjustifiable.
Dawn Editorials —
Might is right`
— 2026-03-13
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Where the US is concerned, while the American-Israeli aggression against Iran is utterly indefensible, Pakistan has condemned the hostilities in general terms, perhaps not wanting to rub President Donald Trump the wrong way.
Dawn Editorials —
Collective wisdom
— 2026-03-05
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A blockbuster martial arts movie One-Armed Boxer was translated as Tunda Badmash in Pakistan.Etymology, an utterly fascinating field, does not always make it entirely clear how a particular word or term develops.
Dawn Editorials —
Eye for an eye
— 2026-02-24
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Even with inflation going down, the people continue to struggle.What is worse is that the decision-makers seem utterly clueless about how to build on stabilisation to achieve durable growth in order to aid recovery.
Dawn Editorials —
Two years of harm
— 2026-02-17
Synonyms
completely, absolutely, totally, entirely, fully, wholly, thoroughly, altogether, quite,
Antonyms
partly, somewhat, partially,
Curator example
“he looked utterly ridiculous”
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