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down·right  (dounrt)
adj.
1. Thoroughgoing; unequivocal: a downright lie.
2. Forthright; candid.
adv.
Thoroughly; absolutely.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"

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
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 [ˌdaʊnˈrɪvər]
adven 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

downright [ˈdaʊnˌraɪt]
1. adj (person, manner) → franco/a; (lie, liar) → bell'e buono/a; (refusal) → categorico/a, assoluto/a
2. adv (rude, disgusting) → davvero


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No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one -- I mean a downright bumpkin dandy --a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.
"My good Utterson," said the doctor, "this is very good of you, this is downright good of you, and I cannot find words to thank you in.
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