Associations to the word «Downright»

Wiktionary

DOWNRIGHT, adjective. Directed vertically; coming straight down.
DOWNRIGHT, adjective. Directly to the point; plain; unambiguous; unevasive.
DOWNRIGHT, adjective. Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
DOWNRIGHT, adjective. Complete; absolute; utter.
DOWNRIGHT, adverb. Really; actually; quite; thoroughly; utterly.
DOWNRIGHT, adverb. Straight down; perpendicularly.
DOWNRIGHT, adverb. Without delay; at once.

Dictionary definition

DOWNRIGHT, adverb. Thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest".
DOWNRIGHT, adjective. Characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person".
DOWNRIGHT, adjective. 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".

Wise words

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
Ernest Hemingway