Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DOWNRIGHTLY
Etymology
Adverb
downrightly
(dated) clearly; plainly; directly; downright
Synonyms
• expressly, unambiguously; see also explicitly
Source: Wiktionary
DOWNRIGHT
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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