The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
DOWNRIGHT
absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer
(adjective) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; “absolute freedom”; “an absolute dimwit”; “a downright lie”; “out-and-out mayhem”; “an out-and-out lie”; “a rank outsider”; “many right-down vices”; “got the job through sheer persistence”; “sheer stupidity”
downright
(adjective) characterized by plain blunt honesty; “a downright answer”; “a downright kind of person”
downright
(adverb) thoroughgoing; “he is outright dishonest”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
downright (comparative more downright, superlative most downright)
(obsolete) Directed vertically; coming straight down.
Directly to the point; plain
Synonyms: unambiguous, unevasive
Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
Complete; absolute
Synonym: utter
Synonyms
• right-down
• evendown
Adverb
downright (not comparable)
Really; actually; quite
Synonyms: thoroughly, utterly
(obsolete) Straight down; perpendicularly.
(obsolete) Plainly, unambiguously; directly.
(obsolete) Without delay; at once.
Synonyms
• right-down
Usage notes
"Downright" is used to intensify or emphasize the following adjective, which usually refers to some negative quality.
Anagrams
• right-down
Source: Wiktionary
Down"right`, adv.
1. Straight down; perpendicularly.
2. In plain terms; without ceremony. We shall chide downright, id I longer stay. Shak.
3. Without delay; at once; completely. [Obs.] She fell downright into a fit. Arbuthnot.
Down"right`, a.
1. Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way. A man of plain, downright character. Sir W. Scott.
2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism. The downright impossibilities charged upon it. South. Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity. Prescott.
– Down"right`ly, adv.
– Down"right`ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DESIRABLE
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