Difference between utterly and sheerly
utterly
Definitions
adverb
- completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
Examples
Have you then seen the same old coffin dodger like ten years later and been utterly gobsmacked to see them still alive and kicking?
We failed utterly to convince them.
The geography was utterly alien to Patrick, although his unfamiliarity with the picture could have been attributed to the gaps.
