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

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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

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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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