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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characterized by plain blunt honesty;
- Example: "a downright answer"
- Example: "a downright kind of person"

2. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
- Example: "absolute freedom"
- Example: "an absolute dimwit"
- Example: "a downright lie"
- Example: "out-and-out mayhem"
- Example: "an out-and-out lie"
- Example: "a rank outsider"
- Example: "many right-down vices"
- Example: "got the job through sheer persistence"
- Example: "sheer stupidity"
[syn: absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)]


ADVERB (1)

1. thoroughgoing;
- Example: "he is outright dishonest"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Downright \Down"right`\, adv.
   1. Straight down; perpendicularly.
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   2. In plain terms; without ceremony.
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            We shall chide downright, if I longer stay. --Shak.
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   3. Without delay; at once; completely. [Obs.]
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            She fell downright into a fit.        --Arbuthnot.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Downright \Down"right`\, a.
   1. Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive;
      as, he spoke in his downright way.
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            A man of plain, downright character.  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as,
      downright atheism.

   Syn: honest-to-goodness. [1913 Webster]

              The downright impossibilities charged upon it.
                                                  --South.
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              Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright
              insanity.                           --Prescott.
        -- Down"right`ly, adv. -- Down"right`ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

downright
    adv 1: thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"
    adj 1: characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright
           answer"; "a downright kind of person"
    2: 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" [syn: absolute, downright, out-and-out(a),
       rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

212 Moby Thesaurus words for "downright":
   a outrance, absolute, absolutely, admitting no exception, adown,
   all out, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading,
   arrant, artless, below, beyond all bounds, beyond compare,
   beyond comparison, beyond measure, bluff, blunt, bold,
   bolt upright, born, brash, broad, broad-based, brusque, candid,
   categorical, certain, certainly, classical, clean, clear, complete,
   completely, comprehensive, conclusive, congenital, consummate,
   crass, damned, dead, decided, decisive, deep-dyed, definite,
   definitely, definitive, determinate, direct, down, down south,
   downgrade, downhill, downline, downstairs, downstream, downstreet,
   downtown, downward, downwards, downwith, dyed-in-the-wool,
   egregious, entire, entirely, erect, essentially, exhaustive,
   explicit, express, extremely, final, fixed, flagrant, flat,
   flat out, flat-out, forthright, frank, frankhearted, free,
   free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, fundamentally, genuine,
   glaring, global, gross, heart-to-heart, immeasurably, implicit,
   in the extreme, inappealable, incalculably, indefinitely,
   indisputable, indubitable, indubitably, infinitely, ingenuous,
   intensive, intolerable, most, most assuredly, no holds barred,
   no small print, no strings attached, omnibus, omnipresent, open,
   openhearted, out-and-out, outright, outspoken, peremptory, perfect,
   perfectly, pervasive, plain, plain-spoken, plumb, positive,
   precious, profound, profoundly, pronounced, proper, pure, purely,
   radical, radically, rampant, rank, rearing, regular, round,
   shattering, sheer, shocking, sincere, stand-up, standing up, stark,
   stark-staring, straight, straight-out, straightforward,
   superlative, sure-enough, surely, surpassing, sweeping,
   the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, thoroughly,
   through-and-through, total, totally, transparent, ubiquitous,
   unabashed, unambiguous, unbearable, unchecked, uncircumscribed,
   uncompromisingly, unconditional, unconditionally, unconditioned,
   unconscionable, unconstrained, undeniable, undoubtedly, undoubting,
   unequivocal, unequivocally, unguarded, unhampered, unhesitating,
   universal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified,
   unquestionable, unquestionably, unquestioning, unrelieved,
   unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unspoiled, unwaivable,
   up-and-down, upended, upraised, upreared, upright, upstanding,
   utter, utterly, veritable, vertical, very, whole, wholesale,
   with a vengeance, without exception, without reserve