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Downright Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Downright? [adv] (intensifier) thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest" [adj] 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" [adj] characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Downright: absolute \| complete \| honest \| honorable \| out-and-out(a) \| rank(a) \| right-down \| sheer(a) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Downright: a outrance \| absolute \| absolutely \| admitting no exception \| adown \| all out \| all-embracing \| all-encompassing \| all-out \| all-pervading \| arrant \| artless \| below \| beyond all bounds \| beyond compare \| beyond comparison \| beyond measure \| bluff \| blunt \| bold \| bolt upright \| born \| brash \| broad \| broad-based \| brusque \| candid \| categorical \| certain \| certainly \| classical \| clean \| clear \| complete \| completely \| comprehensive \| conclusive \| congenital \| consummate \| crass \| damned \| dead \| decided \| decisive \| deep-dyed \| definite \| definitely \| definitive \| determinate \| direct \| down \| down south \| downgrade \| downhill \| downline \| downstairs \| downstream \| downstreet \| downtown \| downward \| downwards \| downwith \| dyed-in-the-wool \| egregious \| entire \| entirely \| erect \| essentially \| exhaustive \| explicit \| express \| extremely \| final \| fixed \| flagrant \| flat \| flat out \| flat-out \| forthright \| frank \| frankhearted \| free \| free-speaking \| free-spoken \| free-tongued \| fundamentally \| genuine \| glaring \| global \| gross \| heart-to-heart \| immeasurably \| implicit \| in the extreme \| inappealable \| incalculably \| indefinitely \| indisputable \| indubitable \| indubitably \| infinitely \| ingenuous \| intensive \| intolerable \| most \| most assuredly \| no holds barred \| no small print \| no strings attached \| omnibus \| omnipresent \| open \| openhearted \| out-and-out \| outright \| outspoken \| peremptory \| perfect \| perfectly \| pervasive \| plain \| plain-spoken \| plumb \| positive \| precious \| profound \| profoundly \| pronounced \| proper \| pure \| purely \| radical \| radically \| rampant \| rank \| rearing \| regular \| round \| shattering \| sheer \| shocking \| sincere \| standing up \| stand-up \| stark \| stark-staring \| straight \| straightforward \| straight-out \| superlative \| sure-enough \| surely \| surpassing \| sweeping \| the veriest \| thorough \| thoroughgoing \| thoroughly \| through-and-through \| total \| totally \| transparent \| ubiquitous \| unabashed \| unambiguous \| unbearable \| unchecked \| uncircumscribed \| uncompromisingly \| unconditional \| unconditionally \| unconditioned \| unconscionable \| unconstrained \| undeniable \| undoubtedly \| undoubting \| unequivocal \| unequivocally \| unguarded \| unhampered \| unhesitating \| universal \| unlimited \| unmistakable \| unmitigated \| unqualified \| unquestionable \| unquestionably \| unquestioning \| unrelieved \| unreserved \| unrestrained \| unrestricted \| unspoiled \| unwaivable \| up-and-down \| upended \| upraised \| upreared \| upright \| upstanding \| utter \| utterly \| veritable \| vertical \| very \| whole \| wholesale \| with a vengeance \| without exception \| without reserve See Also \| Downright In Webster's Dictionary \Down"right`\, adv. 1. Straight down; perpendicularly. 2. In plain terms; without ceremony. We shall chide downright, if 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.

Downright Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Downright?

[adv] (intensifier) thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"
[adj] 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"
[adj] characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person"

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Downright In Webster's Dictionary

\Down"right`\, adv.
1. Straight down; perpendicularly.

2. In plain terms; without ceremony.

         We shall chide downright, if 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.

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