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downright::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | absolute, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer |
a downright lie.
downright::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Derivation | downrightness |
a downright answer.
a downright kind of person.
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Examples of downright
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If only more movies were able to handle the grim and downright disturbing truth.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's making the Mumbles-Flats fight for mayor of Boston seem downright exciting.
From the bostonherald.com
The crisis has transformed the housing market from weak to downright disastrous.
From the businessweek.com
Sometimes the gods not only don't smile on the candidates, they downright frown.
From the sacbee.com
Downright obtuse of them, in this Net-centric era which allows no place to hide.
From the forbes.com
That, plus the Jets'0-2 start in the preseason, has some fans downright nervous.
From the timesunion.com
If such a launch is indeed on the horizon, then the timing is downright bizarre.
From the techcrunch.com
Yet many other people find the F-word alluring, not to mention downright useful.
From the nzherald.co.nz
That makes the already questionable economics of CCS seem downright implausible.
From the economist.com
- Characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person"
- Thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"
- Absolute: 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"; " ...
- (downrightness) the quality of being direct and straightforward; "what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness"
- Really; actually; quite; thoroughly; utterly
