right-down

Adjective · Adverb

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  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”Synonyms: absolutedownrightout-and-out(a)rank(a)sheer(a)

Adverb (1)

  1. positively“a regular right-down bad 'un — Charles Dickens”
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