downright

  • 21downright — [ˈdaʊnˌraɪt] adv informal completely or extremely She was downright rude![/ex] downright adj …

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  • 22downright — /ˈdaʊnraɪt / (say downruyt) adjective 1. thorough; absolute; out and out. 2. direct; straightforward. 3. Obsolete directed straight downwards: a downright blow. –adverb 4. completely or thoroughly: he is downright angry. –downrightly, adverb… …

  • 23downright — adverb /ˈdaʊnˌraɪt/ Really; actually; quite; thoroughly; utterly. He wasnt just cool to me, he was downright rude …

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  • 24downright — down•right [[t]ˈdaʊnˌraɪt[/t]] adv. 1) completely; thoroughly: downright angry[/ex] 2) thorough; absolute 3) frank; straightforward 4) archaic directed straight down • Etymology: 1175–1225 down′right ly, adv …

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  • 25Downright Dencey — is a children s historical novel by Caroline Snedeker. It is set in Nantucket, Massachusetts shortly after the War of 1812, and deals with the unlikely friendship between a Quaker girl, Dencey Coffyn, and the son of the town drunk.[1] The novel,… …

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  • 26downright — Synonyms and related words: 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… …

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  • 27downright — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. plainly, bluntly; extremely; thoroughly, completely. adj. unqualified, frank, absolute; direct, plain, blunt; complete, utter, absolute. See completion. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Thorough] Syn.… …

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  • 28downright — adv. Ps. cv. 18 …

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  • 29downright — adj. straightforward, direct; absolute adv. straightforwardly, directly; absolutely …

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  • 30downright — a. 1. Plain, simple, sheer, explicit, clear, undisguised, unequivocal, positive, absolute, categorical. 2. Honest, sincere, artless, ingenuous, frank, open, above board, direct, straightforward, unceremonious, blunt …

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