🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

völlig

Pronunciation / Transliteration: föl-lig

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Utterly/ˈʌtərli/
adverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Sie war völlig erstaunt über die Aufführung."

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2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    Completely and without qualification; absolutely.

    "She was utterly amazed by the performance."
  2. 2

    To the highest degree; entirely.

    "The plan was utterly impractical."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'utterly' originates from the Old English 'utter', meaning 'outer' or 'external', which evolved through Middle English to denote completeness or totality. The suffix '-ly' was added to form an adverb, indicating the manner of an action.

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