straightforward, direct; absolute
straightforwardly, directly; absolutely
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Downright Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(adv.)
Without delay; at once; completely.
Without delay; at once; completely.
(adv.)
Straight down; perpendicularly.
Straight down; perpendicularly.
(adv.)
In plain terms; without ceremony.
In plain terms; without ceremony.
(a.)
Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.
Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.
(a.)
Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOpen; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.
downright
\down"right`\ (?), adv.
1. straight down; perpendicularly.
2. in plain terms; without ceremony. we shall chide downright, if i longer stay.
3. without delay; at once; completely. [obs.] she fell downright into a fit.
downright
\down"right`\, a. 1. plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way. a man of plain, downright character. w. scott.
2. open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism. the downright impossibilities charged upon it. gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity. -- down"right`ly , adv. -- down"right`ness , n.
downright
adj
1. characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person"
2. 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" [syn: absolute, out-and-out(a) , rank(a) , right-down, sheer(a) ]
adv : (intensifier) thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"
Adjective
1. characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person"
(similar) honest, honorable
2. 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"
(synonym) absolute, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)
(similar) complete
Adverb
1. thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"
(classification) intensifier, intensive
