Meaning

5 senses
  1. (not comparable)Wholly; completely; entirely.

    I refute those allegations outright.

    gänzlich, ganz und gar, vollständig

    целикомcelikom, полностьюpolnostʹju

  2. (not comparable)Openly and without reservation; unreservedly.

    I have just responded outright to that question.

    without reservation or concealment

  3. (not comparable)At once.

    Two people died outright and one more later.

    gleich, sofort, auf der Stelle

    сразуsrazu, немедленноnemedlenno

  4. (not comparable)With no outstanding conditions.

    I have bought the house outright.

    ganz, als Ganzes

  5. (informal, not comparable)Blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously.

    That was an outright stupid thing to say.

    völlig, schreiend, geradeheraus

    откровенноotkrovenno, открытоotkryto, откровенноotkrovenno

Examples

16 sentences
  1. It's always better to ask outright.

    ruВсегда лучше спросить прямо. — Ooneykcall

    deGeradeheraus zu fragen ist immer der bessere Weg. — brauchinet

  2. The party achieved an outright majority by a hair.

    deUm ein Haar erreichte die Partei die absolute Mehrheit. — Hans07

  3. It is an outright lie that I am a spy.

  4. I had expected an outright refusal, but to my surprise she agreed.

  5. I bought this outright.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
wholly:
at once:
blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously:
openly:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
wholly:
at once:
with no outstanding conditions:
blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously:
openly:

Origin

From Middle English outright. By surface analysis, out + right.

From Middle English outright. By surface analysis, out + right.

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