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ADJECTIVE (1)

1. 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)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

out-and-out \out-and-out\, out and out \out and out\adj.
   Without any reservation or disguise; downright; plain;
   unqualified; absolute; as, an out and out villain; an
   out-and-out lie.

   Syn: flat-out, outright.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] out-and-out


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

out-and-out \out-and-out\, out and out \out and out\adv.
   Completely; wholly; openly.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

out-and-out
    adj 1: 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)]