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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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