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downright
('d/AU/n,r/aI/t )

adjective (a)

  • Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • thoroughgoing(adv.all)
    source: wordnet30
  • Straight down; perpendicularly.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • characterized by plain blunt honesty(adj.all)
    Example:
    A downright answer.
    A downright kind of person.
    source: wordnet30
  • complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers(adj.all)
    Example:
    A downright lie.
    Synonym:
    absolute, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer
    source: wordnet30
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