Thesaurus: downright

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1. adv. Straight down; perpendicularly.
2. adv. In plain terms; without ceremony.
3. adv. Without delay; at once; completely.
4. a. Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.
5. a. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.
6. adj. characterized by plain blunt honesty
7. adj. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
8. adv. thoroughgoing
9. 1. Straight down; perpendicularly. 2. In plain terms; without ceremony. We shall chide downright, id I longer stay. Shak. 3. Without delay; at once; completely. [Obs.] She fell downright into a fit. Arbuthnot. 1. Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way. A man of plain, downright character. Sir W. Scott. 2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism. The downright impossibilities charged upon it. South. Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity. Prescott. -- Down"right`ly, adv. -- Down"right`ness, n.
10. r:81/j:19 s. characterized by plain blunt honesty r. thoroughgoing