downright

downright
    adv 1: thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"
    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}, {downright}, {out-and-out(a)},
       {rank(a)}, {right-down}, {sheer(a)}]
    

Downright \Down"right`\, adv.
   1. Straight down; perpendicularly.
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   2. In plain terms; without ceremony.
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            We shall chide downright, if I longer stay. --Shak.
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   3. Without delay; at once; completely. [Obs.]
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            She fell downright into a fit.        --Arbuthnot.
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Downright \Down"right`\, a.
   1. Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive;
      as, he spoke in his downright way.
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            A man of plain, downright character.  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as,
      downright atheism.

   Syn: honest-to-goodness. [1913 Webster]

              The downright impossibilities charged upon it.
                                                  --South.
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              Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright
              insanity.                           --Prescott.
        -- {Down"right`ly}, adv. -- {Down"right`ness}, n.
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212 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, stand-up, standing up, stark,
      stark-staring, straight, straight-out, straightforward,
      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