downright

down·right  (dounrt)

adj.

1. Thoroughgoing; unequivocal: a downright lie.

2. Forthright; candid.

adv.

Thoroughly; absolutely.

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downright [ˈdaʊnˌraɪt]

adj

1. frank or straightforward; blunt downright speech

2. Archaic directed or pointing straight down

adv & adj (prenominal)

(intensifier) a downright certainty downright rude

downrightly  adv

downrightness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	downright - characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person" honest, honorable - not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"
	2.	downright - 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" out-and-out, right-down, sheer, absolute, rank complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
Adv.	1.	downright - thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest" intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

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downright

adverb

totally, completely, perfectly, extremely, absolutely, thoroughly, wholly, consummately, to the core, one hundred per cent, to the nth degree She was often downright rude to him.

adjective

1. complete, absolute, utter, total, positive, clear, plain, simple, explicit, outright, blatant, unequivocal, unqualified, out-and-out, categorical, undisguised, thoroughgoing, arrant, deep-dyed (usually derogatory) downright bad manners

2. blunt, open, frank, plain, straightforward, sincere, outspoken, honest, candid, forthright, upfront (informal), straight-from-the-shoulder a simple, downright chap with no rhetorical airs about him

Translations

downright [ˈdaʊnraɪt]

A. ADJ [nonsense, lie] → patente, manifiesto; [refusal] → categórico

B. ADV [rude, angry] → realmente

downright [ˈdaʊnraɪt]

adj (= out-and-out) [rudeness, hostility] → franc*(franche); [lie] → pur(e) et simple

adv (= positively) → carrément, purement et simplement
down-river downriver [ˌdaʊnˈrɪvə^r]

adv → en aval
to be down-river from [+ place] → être en aval de
to move down-river → descendre le courant

adj (= downstream) [city, building] → en aval

downright [ˈdaʊnˌraɪt]

1. adj (person, manner) → franco/a; (lie, liar) → bell'e buono/a; (refusal) → categorico/a, assoluto/a

2. adv (rude, disgusting) → davvero