downright
Completely, whollyCompletely, wholly.
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» Tom and Mary were downright giddy.
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Examples
33 sentencesTom and Mary were downright giddy.
That sounds downright painful.
This is downright stupid.
Meaning
4 senses(figuratively, not comparable)Completely, wholly.
He wasn’t just cool to me, he was downright rude.
geradezu
(archaic, figuratively, not comparable)Of acts or speech: directly and unambiguously; clearly, plainly.
(not comparable, obsolete)Straight down; perpendicularly.
(figuratively, not comparable, obsolete)Immediately at that place and time; without delay; altogether, at once, then and there.
- thoroughgoing
Origin
The adverb is derived from Middle English dounright, dounriȝt (“right down, straight down;The adverb is derived from Middle English dounright, dounriȝt (“right down, straight down; face down; vertically; used for emphasis: outright, downright”), and then either:
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Synonyms
77 synonyms- thoroughgoing:outright
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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