Obs. rare. Also 3 -liche. [f. UTTER a. + -LY1. Cf. MHG. ûterlîk, MDu. ûterlic (Du. uiterlijk), MHG. ûʓerlîch (G. äusserlich), Da. yderlig, Sw. ytterlig, extreme, excessive.]
1. Open, manifest; = OPENLY a.
12[?]. Ancr. R., 344. To eueriche preoste mei ancre schriuen hire of swuche openliche [v.r. utterliche] sunnen.
2. Absolute, extreme; final.
c. 1440. Gesta Rom., xciv. 424. I clad my seruaunte, that is, my manhode, nought but to vtterly vtilite and necessite.
1553. Gresham, Lett., in S. P. For. Edw. VI., XII. fol. 37 (P.R.O.). Plenttye of merchauntes wythe-owght exsperyence and substaunce ys the vttyerly [sic] distruccioune of anny Realme.
