Mainly and Utterly

Mainly

Mainly adverb - For the most part.

Utterly and mainly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Utterly" instead an adverb "Mainly".

Nearby Word: main

Utterly

Utterly adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Usage example: we are in fact utterly out of food

Mainly and utterly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mainly" instead an adverb "Utterly".

Nearby Word: utter

Both words in one sentence

  • Teacher/Student Romance A major example of Stylistic Suck as well, with the 'relationship' mainly involving the principal characters shouting each other's names while in utterly cliched soap opera settings.
  • Doesn't Like Guns: Drizzt is this in spades (mainly because such weapons make his Master Swordsman skills utterly obsolete).
  • This is mainly because he is tasked with taking out Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Storm by himself...and he utterly annihilates all three of them.
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